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. 2017 May 17;12(5):e0177402. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177402

Table 2. Relative hazards of starting DAA from fitting a Cox regression model.


Relative hazards of starting DAA
  Unadjusted RH (95% CI) p-value Adjusted HR (95% CI) p-value
Age, years        
    >50 years vs. below 1.5 (1.3, 1.8) < .001 1.5 (1.2, 1.8) < .001
Gender        
    Female vs. Male 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) 0.8 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 0.2
Mode of HIV Transmission        
    Heterosexual contacts 1.0   1.0  
    IDU 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 0.5 1.0 (0.8, 1.4) 0.7
    Homosexual contacts 1.2 (0.8, 1.8) 0.5 1.3 (0.8, 2.1) 0.3
    Other/Unknown 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) 0.4 1.2 (0.8, 1.8) 0.3
Employment        
    Unemployed 1.0   1.0  
    Employed 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) 0.1 1.1 (0.9, 1.5) 0.4
    Other/unknown 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 0.6 1.1 (0.7, 1.5) 0.8
CD4 count, cells/mm3        
    per 100 higher 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 0.5 1.0 (0.9, 1.00) 0.04
HIV-RNA, copies/mL        
    0–50 vs. >50 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 0.1 1.6 (1.2, 2.1) < .001
Time from HIV diagnosis, years        
    per 10 longer 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) 0.02 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) 0.2
HCV genotype        
    1a 1.0   1.0  
    1b 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 0.07 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) 0.1
    2 0.7 (0.4, 1.1) 0.15 0.6 (0.3, 1.1) 0.09
    3 0.8 (0.7, 1.0) 0.04 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) 0.008
    4 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) 0.7 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) 0.7
    Other/unknown 0.6 (0.3, 1.0) 0.03 0.6 (0.3, 1.2) 0.1
HCV-RNA, log10 IU/L        
    per log higher 1.0 (0.9, 1.0) 0.4 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) 0.7
Fib4
    0–1.45 1.0 1.0
    1.46–3.25 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) 0.2 1.0 (0.8, 1.4) 0.9
    3.25+ 1.0 (0.7, 1.2) 0.7 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) 0.1
Decompensated cirrhosis        
    Yes vs. No 1.0 (0.8, 1.2) 0.9 0.9 (0.7, 1.3) 0.7
Diabetes        
    Yes vs. No 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 0.4 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 0.4
Platelets, x 109/L        
    >150 vs. below 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) 0.4 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 0.2
ALT, IU/L        
    >2 ULN vs. below 1.1 (0.9, 1.2) 0.4 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 0.2
Bilirubin, IU/L        
    per 10 higher 1.0 (0.4, 2.1) 0.9 1.0 (0.4, 2.4) 0.9
eGFR, mL/min/1.73m2
    90+ 1.0 1.0
    60–90 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 0.3 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) 0.6
    0–60 0.8 (0.6, 1.2) 0.3 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 0.6
Previous failure of HCV treatment        
    Yes vs. No 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) 0.004 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 0.1

Adjusted HR: adjusted for all factors examined in table and stratified by cohort.