Table 6:
Factors associated with death after a gap in care based on the naïve complete case analysis that ignores the non-outreached patients (CC), the multiple imputation by chained equations method with five imputations (MICE), and the proposed approach (SIPW).
| CC | MICE | SIPW | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSHRa (p-Value) | CSHRa (p-Value) | CSHRa (p-Value) | |
| Time on ART (per six months) | 0.64 (<0.001) | 0.80 (0.154) | 0.62 (<0.001) |
| Gender | |||
| Female & non-pregnant | 1.00 (−) | 1.00 (−) | 1.00 (−) |
| Female & pregnant | 0.52 (0.057) | 1.07 (0.883) | 0.52 (0.073) |
| Male | 0.90 (0.476) | 1.07 (0.691) | 0.99 (0.937) |
| Ageb (per 10 years) | 1.05 (0.565) | 1.00 (0.998) | 1.03 (0.798) |
| CD4b (per 100 cell/μL) | 0.72 (<0.001) | 0.79 (0.093) | 0.72 (<0.001) |
| HIV status disclosed | 0.84 (0.250) | 0.85 (0.368) | 0.83 (0.252) |
| Travel time to clinic >30′ | 1.26 (0.221) | 1.69 (0.037) | 1.40 (0.098) |
| Level of care | |||
| Secondary/Tertiary | 1.00 (−) | 1.00 (−) | 1.00 (−) |
| Primary | 0.66 (0.022) | 0.48 (0.098) | 0.50 (<0.001) |
aCause-specific hazard ratio. bAt ART initiation.