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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2018 Aug 21;169(6):376–384. doi: 10.7326/M17-2242

Appendix Table 4.

Factors Associated With Detectable VL in Adjusted Models That Also Included Adherence and Substance Use Among Patients Receiving ART*

Undetectable VL OR 95% CI P Value
Integrase strand transfer inhibitor use 0.81 0.73–0.90 <0.001
Female 1.14 0.95–1.37 0.167
Age (per decade, centered at 40 y) 0.77 0.72–0.82 <0.001
Race/ethnicity (reference is white race)
 Black 1.97 1.69–2.31 <0.001
 Hispanic 0.93 0.76–1.14 0.49
 Other 1.02 0.74–1.40 0.92
Calendar time (year of cohort entry, centered around 2010) 0.90 0.87–0.93 <0.001
Years of follow-up 0.89 0.87–0.91 <0.001
Adherence 0.97 0.97–0.97 <0.001
Cocaine/crack use 1.16 0.99–1.36 0.069
Methamphetamine/crystal methamphetamine use 1.90 1.63–2.22 <0.001
Opiate/heroin use 1.25 0.96–1.61 0.093
Marijuana use 1.10 0.99–1.23 0.069
Hazardous alcohol use 0.90 0.81–1.01 0.070

ART = antiretroviral therapy; OR = odds ratio; VL = viral load.

*

Survival model component included in Appendix Table 8.