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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2017 Mar 28;29(11):1378–1385. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1307919

Table 3.

Associations between STLEs and ARV adherence, pill count-based and self-reported, Southeastern USA, 2010–2013.

Pill count-based adherence Self-reported adherence


Mean % adherence
difference (95% CI)
Adherence ≥95% RR
(95% CI)
Mean % adherence
difference(95% CI)
Adherence ≥95% RR
(95% CI)

All STLEs
 Per 1-unit increase in number −0.99% (−1.89%, −0.09%) 0.95 (0.90, 0.99) −0.63% (−1.61%, 0.35%) 0.98 (0.94, 1.02)
  ≥2 vs. <2a −3.67% (−7.12%, −0.21%) 0.82 (0.71, 0.95) −1.63% (−5.16%, 1.91%) 0.91 (0.79, 1.05)
Severe STLEs
 Per 1-unit increase in number −2.43% (−5.16%, 0.30%) 0.84 (0.74, 0.96) −1.99% (−5.50%, 1.52%) 0.89 (0.77, 1.04)
 Any vs. none −3.03% (−6.41%, 0.35%) 0.80 (0.69, 0.94) −3.45 (−6.33, −0.58) 0.84 (0.74, 0.96)

Note: STLEs = Stressful and traumatic life events; ARV = antiretroviral; RR = risk ratio; CI = confidence interval.

a

2 = population median monthly number of STLEs.