TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of newly HIV diagnosed and known status and out-of-care PLWH univariate and multivariable binary logistic regression models for predicting retention in care after 6 months
| Univariate Model |
Multivariate Model* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | New HIV diagnoses (n = 47) | Known HIV+ persons out-of-care (n = 92) | Descriptive statistics of population included in model (n = 55) | OR | 95% CI | p-value | aOR | 95% CI | p-value |
| Age (years) | 41.04 ± 12.828 | 42.88 ± 10.870 | 40.45 ± 12.244 | 1.035 | 0.986–1.087 | 0.164 | n.s. | ||
| Female sex at birth | 12 (25.5%) | 15 (16.3%) | 11 (20%) | 1.000 | 0.253–3.949 | n.s. | |||
| Female gender identity | 15 (31.9%) | 17 (18.5%) | 15 (27%) | 0.808 | 0.238–2.737 | n.s. | |||
| Hispanic ethnicity | 14 (29.8%) | 24 (26.1%) | 23 (42%) | 1.046 | 0.782–1.399 | n.s. | |||
| If male, sex with men (MSM) | 14 (29.8%) | 36 (39.1%) | 26 (47.3%) | 0.865 | 0.772–1.038 | 0.119 | n.s. | ||
| Trans person who has sex with men | 4 (8.6%) | 3 (3.3%) | 5 (9.1%) | 0.932 | 0.742–1.171 | n.s. | |||
| Injection drug use | 10 (21.3%) | 27 (29.3%) | 12 (21.8%) | 0.858 | 0.737–0.999 | 0.049 | n.s. | ||
| Methamphetamine use | 18 (38.3%) | 45 (48.9%) | 21 (47.2%) | 0.822 | 0.686–0.984 | 0.033 | 0.822 | 0.686–0.984 | 0.033 |
| Other substance use (excluding alcohol and marijuana) | 17 (36.2%) | 38 (41.3%) | 19 (34.5%) | 0.853 | 0.722–1.006 | 0.060 | n.s. | ||
| Psychiatric illness | 24 (51.1%) | 42 (45.7%) | 29 (52.7%) | 0.873 | 0.720–1.058 | 0.165 | n.s. | ||
| Unstable housing | 24 (51.5%) | 55 (59.8%) | 35 (63.6%) | 0.862 | 0.686–1.083 | n.s. | |||
| Imprisonment | 5 (10.6%) | 13 (14.1%) | 7 (12.7%) | 0.911 | 0.786–1.055 | n.s. | |||
Note: p-values <0.2 are italic and those <0.05 bold.
Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; PLWH, persons living with HIV/AIDS.
*
χ2 = 1.937; p = 0.164 Hosmer–Lemeshow; forward Wald binary logistic regression.