Table 3.

Association of demographic variables with optimal adherence to penicillin among subjects retained in care excluding borderline disease (n=597).

	Unadjusted		Multivariable
	OR (95%CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
Age
0–15 years	REF		REF
15–25 years	1.14 (0.59–2.23)	0.695	1.26 (0.63–2.51)	0.515
25–40 years	0.47 (0.25–0.86)	0.014	0.42 (0.21–0.85)	0.015
>40 years	0.51 (0.27–0.97)	0.040	0.43 (0.21–0.89)	0.022
Female (vs male)	0.74 (0.45–1.21)	0.227	0.84 (0.50–1.40)	0.506
Disease category
Clinical	REF		REF
Latent Definite	0.90 (0.53–1.53)	0.698	0.50 (0.26–0.93)	0.029
Acute Rheumatic Fever	1.35 (0.16–11.1)	0.780	1.23 (0.14–11.0)	0.853
Distance to the nearest health centre (per km)	1.01 (0.94–1.08)	0.810	--	--
Household size (per person)	1.07 (0.99–1.16)	0.105	--	--
Employed or Employed Caregiver (vs. not)	0.54 (0.35–0.86)	0.009	--	--
Limited Education (vs. more advanced education)	1.75 (0.12–2.74)	0.013	1.70 (1.06–2.74)	0.028

Bold print represents p<0.05. Hosmer-Lemeshow test for goodness of fit (p=0.75). AUROC curve 0.651 (95% CI 0.595–0.707).