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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 6 (2, 10) 0.002
2010–2013 9 (5, 13) <0.001 9 (5, 13) <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 <0.001
≤30 ref ref
31–40 −5 (−8, −2) 0.003 −6 (−9, −3) <0.001
41–50 −11 (−15, −7) <0.001 −13 (−17, −9) <0.001
51+ −7 (−12, −2) 0.004 −9 (−14, −4) <0.001

Sex
Male ref ref
Female 1 (−2, 4) 0.445 2 (−1, 5) 0.319

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 −11 (−19, −2) 0.011
Other/unknown 4 (−1, 9) 0.111 3 (−1, 8) 0.168

First ART regimen 0.009 0.030
NRTI1+NNRTI2 ref ref
NRTI1+PI3 −4 (−10, 3) 0.263 −4 (−10, 3) 0.252
Other 20 (6, 35) 0.007 17 (2, 31) 0.026

Pre-ART HIV viral load (copies/mL)
≤100000 ref
>100000 30 (25, 35) <0.001
Not tested 6 (1, 10) 0.014

Pre-ART CD4 (cells/μL) 0.724
≤50 ref
51–100 12 (8, 16) <0.001
101–200 10 (6, 14) <0.001
201+ 0 (−4, 3) 0.895

Hepatitis B co-infection 0.086
Negative ref
Positive −6 (−11, −1) 0.042
Not tested −3 (−8, 2) 0.291

Hepatitis C co-infection 0.016
Negative ref
Positive −10 (−16, −3) 0.005
Not tested 1 (−4, 7) 0.601

Note: Global p-values for year of ART initiation, age at ART initiation, pre-ART HIV viral load and pre-ART CD4 count 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.