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. 2019 Feb 16;69(12):2145–2152. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz129

Table 4.

Factors Associated With Virologic Failure

Unadjusted HR Adjusted HR
Risk Factor HR (95% CI) P Value HR (95% CI) P Value
LLV (Ref. CS)
 hLV 3.08 (2.42–3.93) <.0001 2.29 (1.78–2.96) <.0001
 pLLV 3.89 (2.74–5.52) <.0001 3.46 (2.42–4.93) <.0001
 iLLV 0.34 (.22–.54) <.0001 0.33 (.21–.52) <.0001
Male 1.01 (.67–1.53) .96 1.18 (.78–1.80) .43
Race (Ref. white)
 Black 1.31 (1.05–1.65) .02 1.33 (1.06–1.68) .02
 Hispanic/Other 0.81 (.57–1.15) .24 1.03 (.72–1.47) .87
Age at ART initiationa (per 10 year increase) 0.88 (.78–1.00) .04 0.70 (.61–.82) <.0001
Log viral load at ART initiation (copies/mL) (per log increase) 0.95 (.85–1.05) .31 1.15 (1.02–1.30) .02
Antiretroviral use prior to ART 2.64 (2.12–3.27) <.0001 1.79 (1.34–2.38) <.0001
Time from HIV diagnosis to ART initiation (per year increase) 1.05 (1.03–1.07) <.0001 1.03 (1.00–1.06) .06
CD4 countsa (per 100 cells/uL increase) 0.94 (.90–.98) .002 0.97 (.93–1.01) .14
ART regimena (Ref. Unboosted PI)
 Boosted PI 0.70 (.50–1.00) .05 0.96 (.67–1.37) .81
 INSTI 0.16 (.08–.31) <.0001 0.26 (.13–.53) <.001
 NNRTI 0.45 (.35–.58) <.0001 0.68 (.51–.90) .007
 Other combinations 0.95 (.68–1.34) .78 1.18 (.83–1.66) .36

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; CI, confidence interval; CS, continuous suppression; hLV, high-level viremia; HR, hazard ratio; iLLV, intermittent low-level viremia; INSTI, integrase strand transfer inhibitor; LLV, low-level viremia; NNRT, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; OR, odds ratio; PI, protease inhibitor; pLLV, persistent low-level viremia; Ref., reference.

aAge, CD4 counts, and ART regimen class were time-updated covariates.