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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2016 Nov 28;30(18):2855–2864. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001250
Newly Linking to care (N = 1601) Previously in Care (N = 4082)

Predictor Hazard
Ratio
95% CI Adj Hazard
Ratio
95% CI Hazard
Ratio
95% CI Adj Hazard
Ratio
95% CI
Region
 Kenya ref ref ref ref
 Uganda-East 1.90 0.82 – 4.42 2.51 1.04 – 6.07 0.95 0.47–1.91 0.84 0.47 – 1.50
 Uganda-West 0.96 0.36 – 2.54 0.89 0.32 – 2.43 0.28 0.13–0.61 0.25 0.12 – 0.52
Sex
 Male ref ref ref ref
 Female 1.07 0.79 – 1.43 0.75 0.53 – 1.05 1.01 0.72–1.43 0.83 0.58 – 1.20
Age
 15–24 3.88 2.69 – 5.60 3.72 2.44 – 5.68 2.48 1.57 – 3.91 2.78 1.76 – 4.39
 25–29 2.37 1.60 – 3.52 2.50 1.67 – 3.76 1.49 0.95 – 2.32 1.64 1.04 – 2.58
 >= 30 ref ref ref ref
Education
 No School 0.53 0.30 – 0.95 0.79 0.44 – 1.42 0.84 0.43 – 1.61
 Primary ref ref ref
 Any secondary or further 0.88 0.50 – 1.24 0.77 0.49 – 1.22 0.88 0.48 – 1.61
Occupation
 Formal ref ref
 Informal – high risk 1.72 0.37 – 7.91 1.40 0.28 – 6.84 0.73 0.22 – 2.38
 Informal – low risk 2.14 0.66 – 6.95 1.78 0.51 – 6.23 0.92 0.33 – 2.58
 No job 4.59 1.29 – 16.27 2.80 0.73 – 10.8 2.13 0.70 – 6.44
 Other 2.32 0.58 – 9.17 1.77 0.42 – 7.53 0.61 0.11 – 3.35
Access to a mobile phone
 Yes ref ref ref
 No 1.27 0.92 – 1.75 1.93 1.35 – 2.76 1.92 1.35 – 2.74
Mobility
 Stable resident ref ref
 Not stable resident 1.76 0.86 – 3.58 0.82 0.20 – 3.40
Pre-ART CD4
 Below country treatment guidelines ref ref ref ref
 Above country treatment guidelines 0.69 0.50 – 0.94 0.63 0.46 – 0.86 0.75 0.41–1.39 0.63 0.34 – 1.15
Site of testing
 CHC ref ref
 HBT 0.93 0.62 – 1.40 0.82 0.55–1.22
Time to link
 <= 30 days ref ref
 > 30 days 1.53 1.11 – 2.11 1.43 1.04 – 1.98

Abbreviations: CI = Confidence Interval; CHC = Community Health Campaign; HBT = Home-based testing