Table 3.

Factors associated with attrition among adolescents aged 10–19 years in 10 TASO centres

	Univariate		Multivariate
List of factors	HR (95% CI)	p	HR (95% CI)	p
Gender
Female	Ref
Male	1.03 (0.77–1.36)	0.858
Site of participant
Entebbe	Ref		Ref
Gulu	2.02 (1.14–3.59)	0.016	2.17 (1.21–3.89)	0.009
Jinja	0.19 (0.07–0.56)	0.003	0.24 (0.08–0.71)	0.010
Masaka	1.32 (0.77–2.28)	0.314	1.37 (0.79–2.37)	0.266
Mbale	1.37 (0.80–2.36)	0.264	1.69 (0.97–2.98)	0.064
Mbarara	0.48 (0.23–0.98)	0.044	0.43 (0.21–0.91)	0.026
Masindi	2.98 (1.69–5.27)	0.000	3.50 (1.97–6.21)	0.000
Rukungiri	0.19 (0.07–0.51)	0.001	0.18 (0.07–0.49)	0.001
Soroti	0.04 (0.01–0.33)	0.002	0.04 (0.01–0.28)	0.001
Tororo	0.82 (0.45–1.50)	0.528	0.99 (0.54–1.82)	0.969
Age (years)
10–14	Ref		Ref
15–19	1.470 (1.11–1.94)	0.008	1.38 (1.02–1.86)	0.038
Highest level of education
None	Ref		Ref
Primary	1.21 (0.82–1.79)	0.342	0.91 (0.60–1.37)	0.644
Secondary and above	2.19 (1.31–3.66)	0.003	1.26 (0.72–2.19)	0.418
Venue of ARV refill
CDDP	Ref
Health facility	1.00 (0.76–1.34)	0.972
Marital status
Single	Ref		Ref
Married	1.07 (0.70–1.63)	0.750	0.96 (0.62–1.49)	0.858
Minor	2.46 (1.19–5.12)	0.015	1.44 (0.68–3.06)	0.345
CD4 at ART initiation
<250 cells/mm3	Ref		Ref
≥250 cells/mm3	0.62 (0.44–0.87)	0.005	0.49 (0.34–0.69)	0.000
Year of ART initiation
2006–2008	Ref		Ref
2009–2011	1.92 (1.37–2.69)	0.000	2.11 (1.48–3.00)	0.000
WHO stage
Stage 1 & 2	Ref
Stage 3	1.25 (0.86–1.82)	0.228
Stage 4	1.17 (0.54–2.52)	0.691