Table 2.

Association of demographic variables with retention in care among all living subjects (n=1,231).

	Unadjusted		Multivariable
	OR (95%CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
Age
0–15 years	REF		REF
15–25 years	0.49 (0.36–0.68)	<0.001	0.56 (0.38–0.82)	0.003
25–40 years	0.38 (0.27–0.54)	<0.001	0.49 (0.32–0.75)	0.001
>40 years	0.32 (0.23–0.44)	<0.001	0.46 (0.30–0.70)	<0.001
Female (vs male)	0.81 (0.63–1.04)	0.096	0.99 (0.74–1.34)	0.964
Disease category
Clinical	REF		REF
Latent Definite	20.2 (8.8–46.4)	<0.001	14.3 (6.1–33.5)	<0.001
Latent Borderline	2.97 (1.96–4.50)	<0.001	2.30 (1.40–3.78)	0.001
Acute Rheumatic Fever	2.72 (0.72–10.3)	0.141	2.76 (0.54–14.1)	0.224
Distance to the nearest health centre (per km)	0.91 (0.88–0.94)	<0.001	0.94 (0.91–0.98)	0.001
Household size (per person)	0.96 (0.93–0.99)	0.038	--	--
Employed or Employed Caregiver (vs. not)	1.6 (1.2–2.1)	<0.001	1.42 (1.03–1.96)	0.030
Limited Education (vs. more advanced education)	0.84 (0.67–1.05)	0.130	0.69 (0.53–0.92)	0.011

Bold print represents p<0.05. Hosmer-Lemeshow test for goodness of fit (p=0.89). AUROC curve 0.717 (95%CI 0.686–0.747).