Table 3. Risk factors for acquiring any opportunistic infection in a cohort of patients on ART followed up for 10 years.
Variable | Univariate analysis | p | Multivariate analysis | p | |
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Baseline age | |||||
Per 5 years increase | 0.88 (0.80–0.97) | 0.012 | 0.94 (0.85–1.04) | 0.243 | |
Gender | |||||
Male | 1.00 | ||||
Female | 1.16 (0.82–1.63) | 0.402 | |||
Baseline WHO stage | |||||
1 or 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
3 or 4 | 2.25 (1.19–4.26) | 0.013 | 1.58 (0.81–3.07) | 0.179 | |
Baseline CD4 cell count | |||||
>100 cells/μL | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
50–100 cells/μL | 1.13 (0.72–1.77) | 0.609 | 0.85 (0.52–1.40) | 0.525 | |
<50 cells/μL | 1.65 (1.18–2.30) | 0.004 | 0.83 (0.54–1.28) | 0.401 | |
Baseline viral load | |||||
<5 log copies/μL | 1.00 | ||||
≥5 log copies/μL | 1.14 (0.78–1.68) | 0.502 | |||
Baseline regimen | |||||
Nevirapine-based | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Efavirenz-based | 0.74 (0.51–1.07) | 0.107 | 0.56 (0.37–0.83) | 0.004 | |
Baseline BMI | |||||
≥18.5 kg/m2 | 1.00 | ||||
<18.5 kg/m2 | 1.09 (0.78–1.52) | 0.628 | |||
Baseline hemoglobin | |||||
>11 g/dL | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
8–11 g/dL | 1.62 (1.17–2.23) | 0.003 | 0.95 (0.65–1.38) | 0.779 | |
<8 g/dL | 2.01 (1.04–3.87) | 0.037 | 1.18 (0.55–2.53) | 0.661 | |
Current CD4 cell count | |||||
Per 50 cells/μL increase | 0.70 (0.64–0.76) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.81–1.00) | 0.050 | |
Current viral load | |||||
Per 1 log increase | 2.78 (2.41–3.20) | <0.001 | 2.42 (2.05–2.85) | <0.001 | |
Current regimen | |||||
First-line regimen | 1.00 | ||||
Second-line regimen | 1.26 (0.29–5.43) | 0.754 | |||
Current BMI | |||||
Per 1 kg/m2 increase | 0.88 (0.83–0.93) | <0.001 | 0.95 (0.90–1.00) | 0.071 | |
Current hemoglobin | |||||
Per 1 g/dL increase | 0.76 (0.70–0.82) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.81–1.00) | 0.045 |
ART: antiretroviral therapy; BMI: body mass index; WHO: World Health Organization