Table 1.
Population characteristics and model of risk variables associated with non-retention in care among PLHIV (N=7439)
| Characteristics during 2016 | Total population (n) |
Not retained in care n (%) | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) |
p-value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
Coefficient (Beta) | Score | |||
| Total | 7439 | 1759 (23.7) | |||||
| Age (years) | <0.001 | ||||||
| 18–24 | 413 | 142 (34.4) | 1.85 (1.57–2.42) | 1.51 (1.21–1.90) | 0.05 | 1 | |
| 25–39 | 2256 | 608 (30.0) | 1.38 (1.22–1.54) | 1.31 (1.16–1.48) | 0.21 | 2 | |
| ≥40 | 4770 | 1009 (21.2) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Race | <0.001 | ||||||
| Other | 4443 | 889 (20.0) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Black | 2996 | 870 (29.0) | 1.64 (1.47–1.82) | 1.37 (1.22–1.53) | 0.16 | 2 | |
| Income below 100% of FPL | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 4178 | 840 (20.1) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Yes | 3261 | 919 (28.2) | 1.56 (1.40–1.74) | 1.24 (1.11–1.40) | 0.11 | 1 | |
| Homeless | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 6983 | 1567 (22.4) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Yes | 456 | 192 (42.1) | 2.51 (2.07–3.05) | 1.80 (1.46–2.23) | 0.27 | 3 | |
| Alcohol/drug use resulted in any problem in daily activity, legal issue or hazardous situation | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 192 | 106 (55.2) | 4.17 (3.12–5.57) | 2.36 (1.72–3.23) | 0.43 | 4 | |
| No | 7247 | 1653 (22.8) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Virally suppressed | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 6232 | 1224 (19.6) | Ref | Ref | |||
| No | 1207 | 535 (44.3) | 3.26 (2.86–3.71) | 2.69 (2.35–3.07) | 0.49 | 5 | |
| Sex assigned at birth | 0.56 | ||||||
| Male | 5667 | 1349 (23.8) | Ref | ||||
| Female | 1772 | 410 (23.1) | 1.04 (0.92–1.18) | ||||
| Hispanic ethnicity | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 4143 | 813 (19.6) | Ref | ||||
| No | 3296 | 846 (25.7) | 1.41 (1.28–1.58) | ||||
| Are you feeling depressed or anxious? | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 1146 | 305 (30.5) | 1.52 (1.33–1.75) | ||||
| No | 6293 | 1409 (22.4) | Ref | ||||
| Are you getting the food you need? | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 7322 | 1717 (23.5) | Ref | ||||
| No | 117 | 42 (35.9) | 1.83 (1.25–2.68) | ||||
| CDC-defined AIDS | 0.13 | ||||||
| Yes | 3041 | 746 (24.5) | 1.09 (0.98–1.21) | ||||
| No | 4398 | 1013 (23.0) | Ref | ||||
| History of IDU | 0.030 | ||||||
| No | 7309 | 1714 (23.5) | Ref | ||||
| Yes | 130 | 45 (34.6) | 1.73 (1.20–2.49) | ||||
| Access to transportation to appointments | 0.01 | ||||||
| Yes | 6726 | 1563 (23.2) | Ref | ||||
| No | 713 | 196 (27.5) | 1.25 (1.05–1.49) | ||||
| Transgender | 0.44 | ||||||
| No | 7396 | 1751 (23.7) | Ref | ||||
| Yes | 43 | 8 (18.6) | 0.74 (0.34–1.59) | ||||
OR: Odds Ratio; FPL: Federal Poverty Level; IDU: Injection Drug Use; AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; CI: Confidence Interval; CDC: Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
The multivariate logistic model included variables that were significant at p-value <0.1 in the bivariate analysis.
These include all the variables in the table except sex assigned at birth, AIDS status and transgender status.
Scores were assigned to each risk factor by multiplying each beta obtained from the stepwise logistic regression model by 10.