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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2017 Mar 21;28(13):1282–1291. doi: 10.1177/0956462417699538
Model 1 Model 2

Mean Diff. 95% CI p value Mean Diff. 95% CI p value
Year of ART Initiation <0.001 <0.001
2003–2005 ref ref
2006–2009 6 (2, 10) 0.001 7 (3, 11) 0.001
2010–2013 9 (5, 13) <0.001 11 (7, 15) <0.001

Time from ART initiation (per month) 16 (15, 16) <0.001 16 (15, 16) <0.001

Age at ART initiation (years) <0.001
≤30 ref ref
31–40 −5 (−8, −2) 0.003 −5 (− −9, −2) 0.001
41–50 −11 (−15, −7) <0.001 −12 (−16, −8) <0.001
51+ −7 (−12, −2) 0.004 −8 (−13, −3) 0.001

Sex
Male ref ref
Female 1 (−2, 4) 0.445 1 (−2, 5) 0.332

Mode of HIV Exposure <0.001 <0.001
Heterosexual contact ref ref
Homosexual contact 11 (5, 16) <0.001 11 (6, 16) <0.001
Injecting drug use −17 (−24, −10) <0.001 −17 (−24, −10) <0.001
Other/unknown 4 (−1, 9) 0.111 4 (−1, 9) 0.111

Pre-ART CD4 cell count (cells/μL)
≤50 ref
51–100 11 (7, 16) 0.000
101–200 9 (5, 13) 0.000
201+ −3 (−6, 1) 0.169

First ART regimen 0.009 0.013
NRTI1+NNRTI2 ref ref
NRTI1+PI3 −4 (−10, 3) 0.263 −3 (−9, 3) 0.374
Other/unknown 20 (6, 35) 0.007 20 (5, 35) 0.007

Note: Global p-values for year of ART initiation, pre-ART CD4 count and age are test for trend. Other global p-values are test for heterogeneity.

1

NRTI = nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

2

NNRTI = nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

3

PI = protease inhibitor.