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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Oct 1;73(2):205–212. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001036

Table 4. PRs of Subgroup Differences in Patients Who Exhibited Maintenance of Viral Suppression and Improvement in Viral Suppression Status During 12 Months of Observation, 2012–2013*.

Maintenance of Viral Supp ression Improvement in Viral Suppression Status


Subgroups % (n/N) Univariate PR and 95% CI Multivariable§ PR and 95% CI % (n/N) Univariate PR and 95% CI Multivariable§ PR and 95% CI
Sex
 Female 84.8 (1805/2128) Ref Ref 68.9 (422/612) Ref Ref
 Male 88.4 (5350/6054) 1.04 (1.02 to 1.06) 1.00 (0.98 to 1.03) 70.9 (1022/1441) 1.03 (0.96 to 1.09) 0.96 (0.89 to 1.03)
Age at the time of entry in cohort, yr
 18–39 84.6 (1129/1334) Ref Ref 74.1 (421/568) Ref Ref
 40–49 87.3 (1847/2115) 1.03 (1.00 to 1.06) 1.04 (1.02 to 1.08) 70.4 (385/547) 0.95 (0.88 to 1.06) 0.99 (0.93 to 1.07)
 50–91 88.3 (4179/4734) 1.04 (1.01 to 1.07) 1.08 (1.05 to 1.11) 68.0 (638/938) 0.92 (0.86 to 0.98)# 1.00 (0.94 to 1.07)
Race/ethnicity
 White non-Hispanic 87.3 (2571/2945) Ref Ref 68.0 (470/691) Ref Ref
 Black non-Hispanic 86.3 (2584/2993) 0.98 (0.96 to 1.00) 0.98 (0.96 to 1.01) 71.0 (589/829) 1.04 (0.98 to 1.12) 0.96 (0.89 to 1.03)
 Hispanic 88.9 (1751/1969) 1.02 (0.99 to 1.04) 1.05 (1.02 to 1.07) 72.4 (343/474) 1.06 (0.99 to 1.15) 0.97 (0.89 to 1.04)
 Other 89.3 (208/233) 1.02 (0.97 to 1.07) 1.00 (0.96 to 1.05) 70.9 (39/55) 1.04 (0.87 to 1.24) 0.88 (0.75 to 1.04)
HIV acquisition (exposure) risk category
 Heterosexual 85.6 (2881/3366) Ref Ref 68.9 (634/920) Ref Ref
 MSM 89.5 (3077/3439) 1.04 (1.02 to 1.06) 1.00 (0.97 to 1.02) 71.1 (535/752) 1.03 (0.97 to 1.10) 1.03 (0.96 to 1.11)
 MSM + IDU 89.9 (393/437) 1.05 (1.01 to 1.08) 0.99 (0.95 to 1.03) 79.7 (98/123) 1.15 (1.05 to 1.27) 1.14 (1.02 to 1.27)#
 IDU 84.9 (367/432) 0.99 (0.95 to 1.03) 0.98 (0.94 to 1.02) 65.8 (81/123) 0.95 (0.83 to 1.09) 0.96 (0.84 to 1.09)
 Undetermined/unknown/other/missing** 85.9 (438/510) 1.00 (0.96 to 1.04) 0.97 (0.93 to 1.01) 71.1 (96/135) 1.03 (0.92 to 1.16) 0.95 (0.84 to 1.06)
Recency of testing HIV positive (from the time of entry viral load), mo
 <3 88.3 (473/536) Ref Ref 89.5 (325/363) Ref Ref
 3–12 88.2 (180/204) 0.99 (0.94 to 1.06) 1.03 (0.96 to 1.09) 89.4 (110/123) 0.99 (0.93 to 1.07) 0.99 (0.92 to 1.07)
 13–24 90.2 (369/409) 1.02 (0.97 to 1.07) 1.03 (0.98 to 1.08) 69.8 (60/86) 0.78 (0.67 to 0.90) 0.81 (0.71 to 0.94)
 25–48 88.6 (696/786) 1.00 (0.96 to 1.04) 1.00 (0.96 to 1.05) 69.8 (134/192) 0.78 (0.70 to 0.86) 0.86 (0.79 to 0.95)
 49+ 87.0 (5438/6249) 0.98 (0.95 to 1.02) 0.97 (0.93 to 1.00) 63.2 (815/1289) 0.70 (0.67 to 0.74) 0.76 (0.72 to 0.81)
No. viral load results during observation
 2 92.3 (1954/2116) Ref Ref 55.6 (203/365) Ref Ref
 3 90.0 (2782/3091) 0.97 (0.96 to 0.99) 0.97 (0.96 to 0.99) 62.2 (330/531) 1.11 (0.99 to 1.26)# 1.10 (0.99 to 1.23)
 4 85.2 (1720/2019) 0.92 (0.90 to 0.94) 0.93 (0.91 to 0.95) 73.4 (398/542) 1.32 (1.19 to 1.46) 1.26 (1.14 to 1.39)
 5 76.6 (483/631) 0.83 (0.79 to 0.87) 0.84 (0.81 to 0.88) 82.2 (249/303) 1.48 (1.33 to 1.64) 1.33 (1.20 to 1.48)
 6-10 66.4 (217/327) 0.72 (0.66 to 0.78) 0.77 (0.71 to 0.83) 84.6 (264/312) 1.52 (1.37 to 1.69) 1.36 (1.22 to 1.50)
Missed scheduled HIV primary care visit††
 0 89.9 (5461/6069) Ref Ref 72.4 (922/1274) Ref Ref
 1 81.9 (1415/1728) 0.91 (0.88 to 0.93) 0.93 (0.91 to 0.95) 66.4 (384/578) 0.92 (0.85 to 0.98)# 0.96 (0.90 to 1.02)
 2 75.8 (251/331) 0.84 (0.79 to 0.93) 0.88 (0.83 to 0.94) 69.2 (110/159) 0.96 (0.86 to 1.06) 0.96 (0.87 to 1.07)
 3+ 51.8 (29/56) 0.57 (0.45 to 0.74) 0.65 (0.51 to 0.84) 66.7 (28/42) 0.92 (0.74 to 1.14) 0.86 (0.70 to 1.05)
CD4 count at the time of entry in cohort, cells/μL
 <200 79.1 (424/536) Ref Ref 85.9 (429/499) Ref Ref
 200–500 86.2 (2649/3073) 1.09 (1.04 to 1.14) 1.07 (1.03 to 1.12) 72.1 (662/918) 0.83 (0.79 to 0.88) 0.86 (0.82 to 0.91)
 >500 89.3 (4083/4575) 1.13 (1.08 to 1.18) 1.11 (1.06 to 1.16) 55.5 (353/636) 0.64 (0.59 to 0.69) 0.69 (0.64 to 0.75)
Clinic
 A 74.4 (708/952) Ref Ref 56.8 (218/384) Ref Ref
 B 89.3 (771/863) 1.20 (1.15 to 1.25) 1.21 (1.16 to 1.27) 71.6 (116/162) 1.26 (1.11 to 1.43) 1.16 (1.01 to 1.33)#
 C 90.6 (1507/1663) 1.21 (1.17 to 1.27) 1.18 (1.14 to 1.23) 71.6 (237/331) 1.26 (1.13 to 1.41) 1.17 (1.04 to 1.31)
 D 92.6 (1190/1285) 1.25 (1.20 to 1.30) 1.23 (1.18 to 1.28) 77.8 (189/243) 1.37 (1.22 to 1.53) 1.19 (1.05 to 1.33)
 E 90.9 (797/876)) 1.22 (1.17 to 1.28) 1.18 (1.13 to 1.24) 72.0 (121/168) 1.27 (1.11 to 1.44) 1.21 (1.06 to 1.38)
 F 85.8 (2183/2545 1.15 (1.10 to 1.20) 1.13 (1.08 to 1.18) 73.6 (563/765) 1.30 (1.17 to 1.43) 1.19 (1.07 to 1.32)
*

Cohort patients had at least 2 viral load tests during 12 months of observation.

The analysis of maintenance of viral suppression included only patients whose cohort entry viral load was suppressed. Maintenance = all subsequent viral loads suppressed (vs. not all subsequent results suppressed). n = 8139 for the adjusted model.

;The analysis of improvement in viral load status comprised patients with discordant viral suppression status at the first and last measurement occasions. Improvers were patients whose first viral load was unsuppressed and the last was suppressed during observation, and patients with worsening status were those whose first viral load was suppressed and the last was unsuppressed. n = 2049 for the adjusted model.

§

The multivariable model included all variables listed in the table.

The 69 transgender patients were not included as a separate subgroup because of small numbers, and they were not included in the denominators of the other stratification variables in this table.

P < 0.01.

#

P < 0.05.

**

The HIV acquisition (exposure) variable included 170 cases of missing data.

††

No-show without prior cancellation during 12-month observation period.