Table 2.
Associations between background factors and ART intention
| % | Univariate | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORu | 95% CI | ORm | 95% CI | ||
| Socio-demographic characteristics | |||||
| Male | 69.3 | 1.69 | (0.78,3.67) | N.S. | |
| Age | N.S. | ||||
| 18– | 70.5 | 1.00 | |||
| 25– | 66.5 | 0.83 | (0.50,1.40) | ||
| 35–80 | 69.6 | 0.96 | (0.56,1.64) | ||
| Han ethnicity | 69.0 | 1.36 | (0.62,2.96) | N.S. | |
| Education level | N.S. | ||||
| Junior high or below | 68.0 | 1.00 | |||
| Senior high school | 62.7 | 0.79 | (0.48,1.31) | ||
| College or above | 73.5 | 1.31 | (0.80,2.15) | ||
| Current marital status | |||||
| Single | 65.6 | 1.00 | N.S. | ||
| Married or cohabitation | 74.0 | 1.49 | (0.93,2.40)+ | ||
| Others | 70.7 | 1.27 | (0.68,2.35) | ||
| Having health insurance | 71.1 | 1.41 | (0.93,2.13) | N.S. | |
| Origin | N.S. | ||||
| Local (Guangzhou) | 66.7 | 1.00 | |||
| Other places of Guangdong Province | 68.2 | 1.07 | (0.61,1.88) | ||
| Other Provinces | 69.8 | 1.15 | (0.72,1.86) | ||
| HIV-related variables | |||||
| Duration of HIV infection (months since HIV diagnosis) | |||||
| <1 | 83.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1–12 | 66.7 | 0.39 | (0.22,0.71) ** | 0.49 | (0.27,0.91) * |
| >12 | 43.4 | 0.15 | (0.09,0.25) *** | 0.19 | (0.11,0.31) *** |
| Route of HIV infection | |||||
| Heterosexual behaviour | 70.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Homosexual behaviour | 69.8 | 0.98 | (0.61,1.59) | 0.92 | (0.53,1.59) |
| Injecting drug use/uncertain | 36.8 | 0.25 | (0.09,0.69) ** | 0.16 | (0.05,0.52) ** |
| Infection status of current spouse/regular sex partners | |||||
| Negative | 78.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Positive | 63.5 | 0.46 | (0.20,1.09)+ | 0.31 | (0.12,0.80) * |
| Don’t know | 76.7 | 0.88 | (0.42,1.84) | 0.62 | (0.27,1.41) |
| Without partner | 60.4 | 0.41 | (0.20,0.82) * | 0.32 | (0.14,0.70) ** |
| Most recent CD4 counts | |||||
| <=350 | 77.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| >350 | 58.7 | 0.43 | (0.28,0.64) *** | 0.58 | (0.37,0.93) * |
| Ever had AIDS-related clinical symptoms | N.S. | ||||
| No | 67.3 | 1.00 | |||
| Yes | 73.8 | 1.37 | (0.80,2.33) | ||
ORu: odds ratio of univariate logistic regression models
ORm: odds ratio of multivariate logistic regression models using all variables with p < 0.1 in the univariate analysis as candidates (stepwise)
+: p < 0.1; *:p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001
ORs with p < 0.05 are in bold
N.S.: Non-significant in the multivariate analysis