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. 2019 May 2;19:373. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3991-6

Table 3.

Effect of BMI on immune reconstitution outcome of CD4 more than 500cells/μL during the follow-up after antiretroviral therapy

Covariate HR (95% CI) p Adjusted HR (95% CI) p
Continuous BMI 1.06 (1.03 to 1.08) < 0.01 1.03 (1.01 to 1.06) 0.011
Sex (female vs male) 0.78 (0.56 to 1.07) 0.118
Age 0.98 (0.97 to 0.98) < 0.01 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00) 0.004
Baseline CD4 (per 100cells/μL increase)
 1–100 Ref Ref
 101–200 3.03 (1.95 to 4.70) < 0.01 2.92 (1.78 to 4.78) < 0.01
 201–300 10.36 (6.91 to 15.52) < 0.01 10.38 (6.40 to 16.82) < 0.01
 301–400 25.82 (17.12 to 38.93) < 0.01 25.42 (15.48 to 41.75) < 0.01
 401–499 56.37 (36.40 to 87.30) < 0.01 52.06 (30.75 to 88.13) < 0.01
 CD4/CD8 ratio 16.07 (11.67 to 22.12) < 0.01 2.47 (1.47 to 4.13) 0.001
Baseline viral load (per log10 increase) (copies/mL)
  ≤ 3.00 Ref Ref
  ≥ 6.01 0.53 (0.23 to 1.25) 0.147 4.60 (1.90 to 11.16) 0.001
 5.01–6.00 0.83 (0.44 to 1.57) 0.569 2.62 (1.37 to 4.99) 0.004
 4.01–5.00 1.22 (0.65 to 2.28) 0.540 1.97 (1.05 to 3.72) 0.035
 3.01–4.00 1.53 (0.80 to 2.92) 0.201 1.68 (0.87 to 3.22) 0.120
WHO stage
 I Ref Ref
 II 0.41 (0.27 to 0.63) < 0.01 0.62 (0.40 to 0.97) 0.037
 III 0.34 (0.23 to 0.51) < 0.01 0.67 (0.44 to 1.04) 0.074
 IV 0.22 (0.14 to 0.33) < 0.01 1.09 (0.68 to 1.75) 0.736
Drinking (yes vs no) 1.04 (0.90 to 1.20) 0.593
Race (not Han vs Han) 0.98 (0.79 to 1.21) 0.834

CI confidence intervals, HR hazard ratios, Ref reference