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. 2018 Feb 4;30(7):830–835. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1434118

Table 3. Risk factors for participants not knowing their status.

   Not disclosed to / Total (%) Odds Ratio
(95% C.I.)
p-value Adjusted Odds
Ratio (95% C.I.)
p-value
Age
6–10y 149/185(79%) 16.5 (10.00–27.25) <0.001 18.89 (10.64–33.55) <0.001
≥11y 37/200(18%)        
Sex
Female 81/199 (41%) 0.57 (0.38–0.85) 0.006 0.39 (0.22–0.67) 0.001
Male 102/186 (55%)        
Orphanhood Status
Non orphan Maternal and/or 99/161(61%) 2.62 (1.73–3.98) <0.001 1.50 (0.82–2.76) 0.19
Paternal Orphan 84/222 (38%)        
Change of caregiver since birth
No previous caregiver change 90/162(55%) 1.75 (1.16–2.64) 0.008 1.00 (0.47–2.10) 0.99
≥1 change of caregiver 90/216 (42%)        
Current Caregiver
Parent caregiver 114/220 (52%) 1.50 (1.0–2.25) 0.052 1.01 (0.47–2.16) 0.97
Non parent caregiver 69/165 (42%)        
Disclosure of parents HIV status to child
Unaware of parents HIV status 171/260 (66%) 18.1 (9.47–34.58) <0.001 32.42 (13.19–79.71) <0.001
Awareness of parents HIV status 12/125 (10%)        
Parent taking ART
Mother/Father not on ART 93/189 (49%) 1.14 (0.76–1.70) 0.52 1.64(0.90–2.98) 0.10
Mother/Father on ART 90/196 (46%)        
WHO Stage
1/2 113/229 (49%) 1.20 (0.8–1.80) 0.39 1.28 (0.74–2.22) 0.37
3/4 70/156 (45%)        
Schooling
Uninterrupted schooling in the last 3 months 132/271 (49%) 1.35 (0.82–2.24) 0.24 1.15 (0.58–2.26) 0.68
Interrupted Schooling in the last 3 months 33/80 (41%)        
Time of diagnosis
Newly diagnosed 149/299(50%) 1.81 (1.08–3.02) 0.02 2.52 (1.29–4.91) 0.007
Previously diagnosed 28/79(35%)