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. 2020 Oct 6;20:727. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05461-1

Table 1.

Participant characteristics and correlates of VL testing non-uptake

Frequency (%) No VL test (%) Univariate model Multivariable model
Characteristic OR (95% CI) p-value AOR (95% CI) p-value
Age (years)
1–15 24 (5.8) 6 (25.0) 1.13 (0.41–3.11) 0.81 1.37 (0.48–3.93) 0.55
16–30 76 (18.4) 35 (46.1) 2.90 (1.58–5.33) 0.001 2.74 (1.44–5.24) 0.002
31–45 182 (44.4) 64 (35.2) 1.84 (1.11–3.07) 0.018 1.92 (1.12–3.27) 0.017
  > 46 132 (21.0) 30 (22.7) Referent Referent
ART Duration
  ≤ 2 years 156 (37.7) 67 (42.9) 2.24 (1.35–3.71) 0.002 2.38 (1.37–4.12) 0.002
  > 2–4 years 127 (30.7) 35 (27.6) 1.31 (0.65–1.97) 0.67 1.35 (0.75–2.44) 0.32
  > 4 years 131 (31.6) 33 (25.2) Referent Referent
Health Facility
Level III 276 (66.7) 73 (26.4) Referent Referent
Level IV 138 (33.3) 62 (44.9) 2.27 (1.48–3.48) < 0.001 2.85 (1.78–4.56) < 0.001
Gender
Male 164 (39.6) 59 (36.0) Referent
Female 250 (60.4) 76 (30.4) 0.77 (0.51–1.18) 0.24
Marital Statusa
Married 246 (66.5) 81 (32.9) Referent
Unmarried 124 (33.5) 39 (31.5) 0.94 (0.59–1.49) 0.78

aData missing for 44 PWH