Table 3.

Uni- and multivariable analysis of factors associated with retention in care

	Retention	Lack of retention	Univariate analysis			Multivariable analysis
	n (%)	n (%)	OR	95% CI	p	AOR	95% CI	p
n = 2043	1422 (70)	621 (30)
Age
16–25	203 (64)	112 (36)	0.72	0.54–0.94	0.02	0.62	0.45–0.85	0.003
26–35	598 (69)	265 (31)	0.89	0.72–1.10	0.29	0.81	0.64–1.03	0.09
≥36	594 (72)	235 (28)	ref			ref
Gender
Female	814 (71)	331 (29)	ref			ref
Male	608 (68)	290 (32)	0.80	0.66–0.97	0.02	0.77	0.62–0.96	0.02
BMI
<18.5	468 (67)	229 (33)	0.71	0.58–0.87	0.001	0.75	0.61–0.94	0.01
≥18.5	861 (74)	300 (26)	ref			ref
TB
Yes	98 (65)	52 (35)	0.77	0.54–1.09	0.14	*
No	1234 (71)	504 (29)	ref
WHO stage
I–II	778 (72)	297 (28)	ref
III–IV	556 (68)	266 (32)	0.80	0.65–0.97	0.03	*
Test modality
VCT	348 (75)	119 (25)	ref
Community	291 (68)	134 (32)	0.74	0.55–0.99	0.05	*
PICT	474 (68)	227 (32)	0.71	0.55–0.93	0.01
Other	309 (69)	141 (31)	0.75	0.56–1.00	0.05

*Excluded in multivariable analysis with forward removal.