Table 4.
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
| Bivariate models | Final multivariable model | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | β | Standard error | P | β | Standard error | P |
| Age in years | −0.0021 | 0.0023 | 0.3575 | |||
| Marital status (vs. married) | ||||||
| Divorced/separated | −0.1129 | 0.0585 | 0.0544 | |||
| Widowed | −0.0518 | 0.0318 | 0.1043 | |||
| Religion (vs. Hindu) | ||||||
| Muslim | −0.1117 | 0.0547 | 0.0419 | |||
| Christian | 0.0063 | 0.0389 | 0.8715 | |||
| CD4+ T cell count (+10 cells/mm3) | 0.0012 | 0.0005 | 0.0238 | 0.0011 | 0.0005 | 0.0212 |
| Number of OIs | −0.0359 | 0.0116 | 0.0021 | |||
| Depressive symptomatology | −0.0504 | 0.0347 | 0.1467 | |||
| Total social support | 0.3768 | 0.0535 | < 0.0001 | 0.2597 | 0.0579 | <0.0001 |
| Any close friends or relatives | 0.1078 | 0.0301 | 0.0004 | |||
| Internalized stigma | −0.3305 | 0.0486 | < 0.0001 | −0.2319 | 0.0523 | <0.0001 |
| Food insecurity | −0.0155 | 0.0038 | < 0.0001 | |||
Note. OI = opportunistic infection(s).