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Table 3.

Factors associated with attrition among HIV-infected adults who entered into pre-ART care in IHC programme, Myanmar, 2011–2014

Patient characteristics	Attrition	Attrition rate per 100 person-years (95% CI)	Unadjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)
Sex
Female	1,344	56.3 (53.4–59.4)	1
Male	2,368	98.7 (94.8–102.8)	1.5 (1.4–1.6) ^a
Age (years)
15–24	251	55.6 (49.2–63)	1
25–34	1,348	65.7 (62.3–69.3)	1 (0.9–1.2)
35–44	1,337	83.4 (79–87.9)	1.1 (1.0–1.3)
≥45	776	114.1 (106.3–122.4)	1.5 (1.3–1.7) ^a
Marital status
Single	758	97.5 (90.8–104.7)	1.3 (1.2–1.4) ^a
Married	1,996	66.9 (64.1–69.9)	1
Widowed	616	83.6 (77.2–90.5)	1.1 (1.0–1.2) ^a
Divorced/separated	257	109.3 (96.7–123.5)	1.4 (1.2–1.6) ^a
Literate
No	509	103.9 (95.3–113.4)	1.5 (1.3–1.6) ^a
Yes	3,119	73.3 (70.8–75.9)	1
Employed
No	993	75.7 (71.1–80.5)	1
Yes	2,555	77.4 (74.5–80.5)	1.1 (1–1.1) ^a
WHO Stage^b
Stage 1	698	35.1 (32.6–37.8)	1
Stage 2	418	45.2 (41.1–49.8)	1.1 (0.9–1.2)
Stage 3	1,885	126.2 (120.6–132)	2.4 (2.2–2.7) ^a
Stage 4	597	165.5 (152.7–179.3)	3.0 (2.7–3.3) ^a
CD4 count (cells/µL)^b
<50	518	113.3 (104–123.5)	3.4 (2.9–3.9) ^a
50–99	368	77.4 (69.8–85.7)	2.3 (2–2.8) ^a
100–199	353	50.8 (45.7–56.4)	1.5 (1.3–1.8) ^a
200–349	296	33.4 (29.8–37.4)	1.1 (0.9–1.3)
350–499	281	28.5 (25.4–32.1)	1.1 (0.9–1.2)
>500	266	24.8 (22–28)	1
BMI (kg/m²)^b
<18.5	1,117	82.2 (77.5–87.2)	4.1 (2.4–7.1) ^a
18.5–25	839	37.5 (35–40.1)	2.2 (1.3–3.7) ^a
25–30	100	28.2 (23.2–34.3)	1.7 (1.0–3.1)
30–35	26	33.7 (23–49.5)	2.1 (1.1–4.0) ^a
>35	13	14.7 (8.5–25.3)	1
Haemoglobin level^b
Normal	471	26 (23.7–28.4)	1
Mild anaemia	383	35 (31.7–38.7)	1.3 (1.2–1.5) ^a
Moderate anaemia	801	62.1 (58–66.6)	2.2 (2.0–2.5) ^a
Severe anaemia	403	144.3 (130.9–159.1)	4.8 (4.2–5.5) ^a
Hepatitis C infection^b
No	1,737	46.8 (44.6–49)	1
Yes	186	52.9 (45.8–61)	1.1 (1.0–1.3)
Hepatitis B infection^b
No	1,764	46.8 (44.6–49)	1
Yes	156	52.9 (45.2–61.9)	1.1 (0.9–1.3)

p-value<0.05

measured at enrolment; ‡ The final adjusted Cox-model was tried and included the covariates sex, age, WHO Stage, CD4 count, BMI, and haemoglobin levels. The results are not presented here as all covariates variables were found to violate proportionality assumptions.

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ART, antiretroviral therapy; HR, hazard ratio; BMI, body mass index; WHO, World Health Organization