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. 2018 Nov 1;13(11):e0206796. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206796

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
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