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. 2019 Aug 19;15:14–22. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.08.007

Table 3.

Risk factors for attrition along the cascade of care.

Prevalence of being unaware of HIV infection
Prevalence of not being on ARVs
Prevalence of not being virally suppressed
N = 811 (100%) Newly diagnosed UnadPR
(95% CI)
adjPR
(95% CI)
N = 585 (100%) Not on ART UnadPR
(95% CI)
adjPR
(95% CI)
N = 609 (100%) Not virally suppressed UnadPR
(95% CI)
adjPR
(95% CI)
Age
 < 20 11(1.36) 66% (7/11) 1.00 1.00 9(1.54) 78%(7/9) 1.00 1.00 9(1.48) 89%(8/9) 1.00 1.00
 20–25 111(14) 41% (46/111) 0.65(0.40,1.07) 0.66(0.30,1.48) 84(14) 61%(51/84) 0.78(0.53,1.15) 0.79(0.36,1.76) 85(14) 56%(48/85) 0.64(0.30,1.34) 0.61(0.29,1.31)
 25–35 290(36) 34%(98/290) 0.53(0.33,0.85) 0.48(0.22,1.05) 205(35) 55%(113/205) 0.71(0.49,1.03) 0.66(0.31,1.44) 217(36) 64%(139/217) 0.72(0.35,1.47) 0.67(0.33,1.37)
 35–45 224(28) 22%(49/224) 0.34(0.21,0.57) 0.32(0.14,0.71) 152(26) 42%(64/152) 0.54(0.36,0.80) 0.49(0.22,1.08) 156(26) 49%(76/156) 0.55(0.26,1.14) 0.49(0.24,1.03)
 45–55 105(13) 13%(14/105) 0.21(0.11,0.41) 0.18(0.07,0.45) 85(15) 20%(17/85) 0.23(0.15,0.45) 0.23(0.09,0.56) 90(15) 24%(22/90) 0.28(0.12,0.62) 0.24(0.11,0.54)
 > 55 70(9) 29%(20/70) 0.45(0.25,0.80) 0.39(0.17,0.94) 50(9) 34%(17/50) 0.44(0.26,0.74) 0.39(0.16,0.95) 52(9) 33%(17/52) 0.37(0.16,0.85) 0.32(0.14,0.76)
Sex
 Female 509(63)302(37) 22% (110/509) 1.00 1.00 363(62) 42% (151/363) 1.00 1.00 373(61) 47% (175/373) 1.00 1.00
 Male 302(37)509(63) 41% (124/302) 2.0(1.53,2.35) 2.16(1.66,2.83) 222(38) 53% (118/222) 1.28(1.07,1.52) 1.41(1.10,1.81) 236(39) 57% (135/236) 1.22(1.04,1.42) 1.33(1.05,1.67)
Presenting complaint
 Medical 586(72) 27%(156/586) 1.00 1.00 423(72) 44%(187/423) 1.00 1.00 439(72) 50%(219/439) 1.00 1.00
 Trauma 225(28) 35%(78/225) 1.30(1.04,1.63) 1.22(0.91,1.64) 162(28) 51%(82/162) 1.14(0.95,1.38) 1.04(0.79,1.36) 170(28) 54%(91/170) 1.07(0.91,1.27) 0.99(0.77,1.28)
Time of presentation
 9-5/M-F 345(43) 27%(93/345) 1.00 1.00 256(44) 46%(119/256) 1.00 1.00 268(44) 51%(138/268) 1.00 1.00
 Out of hours 466(57) 30%(141/466) 1.12(0.90,1.40) 1.07(0.82,1.39) 329(56) 46%(150/329) 0.98(0.82,1.17) 0.92(0.72,1.17) 341(56) 50%(172/341) 0.98(0.84,1.15) 0.93(0.74,1.17)
SATS*
 Sick 619(76) 29%(177/619) 1.00 1.00 449(77) 46%(206/446) 1.00 1.00 472(78) 50%(237/472) 1.00 1.00
 Very sick 192(24) 30%(57/192) 1.04(0.81,1.33) 1.07(0.78,1.45) 136(23) 46%(63/136) 1.01(0.82,1.24) 1.06(0.79,1.41) 137(23) 53%(73/137) 1.06(0.89,1.27) 1.10(0.84,1.44)
Site
 Livingstone 281(35) 27%(75/281) 1.00 1.00 220(38) 50%(109/220) 1.00 1.00 220(36) 55%(120/220) 1.00 1.00
 MRH 388(48) 32%(126/388) 1.22(0.96,1.55) 1.26(0.94,1.71) 268(46) 46%(122/268) 0.92(0.76,1.11) 0.86(0.65,1.13) 289(47) 53%(152/289) 0.96(0.82,1.13) 0.90(0.70,1.16)
 NMAH 142(18) 23%(33/142) 0.87(0.61,1.24) 0.84(0.56,1.27) 97(17) 39%(38/97) 0.79(0.60,1.05) 0.73(0.50,2.43) 100(16) 38%(38/100) 0.70(0.53,0.92) 0.63(0.44,0.91)