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. 2021 Oct 16;86(1):62–72. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002530

TABLE 5.

Association Between Latent Class Membership and Being Out of Care

Association Between Latent Class Membership and Being Out of Care, n = 547
Unadjusted P Adjusted P
Prevalence Risk Difference Prevalence Risk Difference
Latent class
 Livelihood and mobility 45.6% (35.3% to –55.8%) REF <0.001 43.6% (34.5% to –52.7%) REF <0.001
 Clinic accessibility 62.0% (51.2% to –72.7%) 16.4% (1.5% to –31.2%) 62.4% (51.0% to –73.8%) 18.7% (3.8% to –33.7%)
 Mobility and family 22.6% (13.6% to –31.6%) −23.0% (−36.6% to −9.4%) 23.5% (14.4% to –32.6%) −20.1% (−33.0% to −7.2%)
 Doubting need for HIV care 94.0% (85.4% to –100%) 48.4% (35.0% to –61.7%) 97.9% (84.2% to –111.6%) 54.3% (37.0% to –71.6%)
 Multidimensional barriers to care 64.6% (45.1% to –84.1%) 19.0% (−3.0% to 41.0%) 62.8% (44.2% to –81.3%) 19.2% (−1.9% to 40.2%)
Sex
 Female 44.5% (37.3% to –51.6%) REF 0.030 43.0% (36.8% to –49.2%) REF 0.005
 Male 56.7% (48.2% to –65.3%) 12.3% (1.1% to –23.4%) 59.7% (50.3% to –69.0%) 16.7% (4.6% to –28.8%)
Age at LTFU
 <25 yrs old 34.6% (20.1% to –49.1%) REF 0.14 39.0% (24.0% to –54.0%) REF 0.15
 25–35 yrs old 55.2% (46.5% to –63.9%) 20.6% (3.7% to –37.5%) 56.8% (47.9% to –65.7%) 17.8% (1.1% to –34.5%)
 35–50 yrs old 49.9% (41.5% to –58.3%) 15.3% (−1.5% to 32.1%) 46.6% (38.9% to –54.2%) 7.5% (−9.8% to 24.9%)
 >50 yrs 38.0% (18.1% to –57.9%) 3.4% (−21.2% to 28.0%) 44.6% (26.0% to –63.1%) 5.5% (−18.6% to 29.7%)
Enrollment CD4 count
 <200 cells/μL 49.9% (41.0% to –58.8%) REF 0.90 44.8% (37.4% to –52.2%) REF 0.24
 200–350 cells/μL 54.5% (43.7% to –65.3%) 4.6% (−9.4% to 18.6%) 51.2% (41.3% to –61.1%) 6.4% (−6.2% to 19.0%)
 350–500 cells/μL 55.0% (39.7% to –70.3%) 5.1% (−12.6% to 22.9%) 59.5% (44.4% to –74.7%) 14.7% (−2.6% to 32.1%)
 >500 cells/μL 53.4% (36.1% to –70.6%) 3.5% (−16.0% to 22.9%) 57.2% (42.5% to –71.9%) 12.4% (−4.5% to 29.2%)
WHO stage
 I 49.1% (40.8% to –57.4%) REF 0.96 48.3% (40.6% to –55.9%) REF 0.94
 II 52.1% (38.4% to –65.7%) 3.0% (−13.0% to 18.9%) 48.4% (36.8% to –60.0%) 0.1% (−13.6% to 13.8%)
 III 52.3% (41.4% to –63.3%) 3.2% (−10.5% to 17.0%) 52.2% (41.7% to –62.8%) 3.9% (−10.3% to 18.2%)
 IV 52.3% (28.7% to –75.9%) 3.2% (−21.8% to 28.2%) 52.9% (29.6% to –76.2%) 4.6% (−20.9% to 30.1%)
Time to LTFU
 <6 mo 48.2% (38.5% to –57.9%) REF 0.55 44.2% (34.2% to –54.2%) REF 0.48
 6 months-2 yrs 53.5% (43.3% to –63.6%) 5.3% (−8.8% to 19.3%) 50.7% (41.6% to –59.8%) 6.5% (−6.8% to 19.8%)
 2–5 yrs 52.0% (40.7% to –63.3%) 3.8% (−11.1% to 18.7%) 57.3% (44.9% to –69.8%) 13.1% (−4.8% to 31.0%)
 >5 yrs 40.8% (26.9% to –54.6%) −7.4% (−24.3% to 9.4%) 47.6% (32.0% to –63.2%) 3.3% (−16.5% to 23.2%)
Prior episodes of LTFU
 0 49.9% (42.3% to –57.4%) REF 0.99 52.1% (44.4% to –59.8%) REF 0.89
 1 49.8% (39.8% to –59.7%) −0.1% (−12.6% to 12.4%) 47.4% (38.4% to –56.4%) −4.7% (−17.4% to 7.9%)
 2 48.2% (31.7% to –64.6%) −1.7% (−19.8% to 16.4%) 47.7% (31.3% to –64.0%) −4.5% (−23.6% to 14.7%)
 >3 49.9% (25.9% to –73.9%) 0.0% (−25.1% to 25.1%) 46.7% (22.3% to –71.0%) −5.5% (−31.5% to 20.5%)
Marital status
 Single 51.6% (39.0% to –64.1%) 2.7% (−11.8% to 17.3%) 0.53 54.8% (43.7% to –65.9%) 5.6% (−7.8% to 19.0%) 0.29
 Married 48.8% (41.5% to –56.2%) REF 49.2% (42.3% to –56.0%) REF
 Divorced 57.1% (43.0% to –71.1%) 8.2% (−7.6% to 24.1%) 54.7% (41.7% to –67.6%) 5.5% (−9.6% to 20.5%)
 Widowed 40.0% (22.4% to –57.6%) −8.8% (−27.9% to 10.3%) 35.6% (20.7% to –50.5%) −13.6% (−29.9% to 2.7%)
Education
 None 62.1% (35.7% to –88.4%) REF 0.063 74.0% (52.9% to –95.1%) REF 0.007
 Lower–Mid basic 59.1% (50.0% to –68.2%) −3.0% (−30.9% to 24.9%) 56.5% (48.0% to –65.1%) −17.5% (−40.0% to 5.1%)
 Upper basic/Secondary 45.2% (37.0% to –53.4%) −16.9% (−44.5% to 10.7%) 47.9% (40.1% to –55.6%) −26.1% (−49.2% to −3.1%)
 College/University 41.5% (27.4% to –55.6%) −20.6% (−50.4% to 9.3%) 37.2% (25.1% to –49.3%) −36.8% (−60.3% to −13.3%)
Facility type
 Rural 44.2% (32.5% to –56.0%) −9.8% (−23.4% to 3.8%) 0.021 43.4% (32.5% to –54.2%) −7.8% (−20.0% to 4.3%) 0.41
 Urban 54.1% (47.3% to –60.8%) REF 51.2% (45.6% to –56.8%) REF
 Hospital 36.1% (26.3% to –45.9%) −18.0% (−29.9% to −6.0%) 44.8% (33.6% to –55.9%) −6.5% (−19.1% to 6.1%)
Province
 Eastern 43.0% (32.3% to –53.8%) −12.6% (−25.6% to 0.3%) 0.007 46.0% (35.4% to –56.7%) −7.5% (−20.6% to 5.6%) 0.039
 Lusaka 55.7% (48.5% to –62.9%) REF 53.5% (47.0% to –60.1%) REF
 Southern 35.9% (25.5% to –46.3%) −19.8% (−32.4% to −7.1%) 36.2% (27.3% to –45.0%) −17.4% (−28.6% to −6.2%)
 Western 33.2% (18.4% to –48.0%) −22.5% (−39.0% to −6.0%) 40.4% (24.4% to –56.3%) −13.2% (−30.7% to 4.3%)

LTFU, loss to follow-up.