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. 2021 Dec 7;16(12):e0260260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260260

Table 4. Regression model investigating adjusted associations between socio-demographic and clinical factors and neuropsychological performance.

Socio-demographic clinical predictors Reference Variables Composite Cognitive Score IHDS DSF DSB AFT CLOX1 CLOX2
B SE p B SE p B SE p B SE p B SE p B SE p B SE p
Gender Female Male -0.72 0.54 0.19 -0.32 0.28 0.25 -0.19 0.16 0.24 -0.05 0.14 0.71 -0.04 0.40 0.92 -0.12 0.37 0.75 -0.30 0.22 0.16
Age category 18–29 years 30–39 -0.59 0.52 0.26 -0.79 0.28 < .01 0.10 0.15 0.50 -0.03 0.13 0.84 -0.38 0.39 0.33 -0.32 0.37 0.38 0.03 0.21 0.88
40+ -0.88 0.78 0.26 -0.92 0.41 0.03 0.05 0.23 0.84 -0.07 0.20 0.72 -0.27 0.58 0.64 -0.72 0.55 0.19 0.04 0.32 0.89
Educational attainment < = Grade 7 Grade 8–11 2.31 0.81 < .01 0.66 0.42 0.12 0.55 0.23 0.02 0.41 0.20 0.04 -0.79 0.60 0.19 1.61 0.56 < .01 0.68 0.33 0.04
Grade 12+ 2.88 0.88 < .01 0.36 0.46 0.43 0.70 0.25 < .01 0.53 0.22 0.02 0.38 0.65 0.56 1.86 0.61 < .01 0.55 0.36 0.12
Employment status Unemployed Formal sector -0.33 0.66 0.62 -0.33 0.35 0.35 -0.09 0.20 0.63 0.01 0.17 0.97 -0.94 0.50 0.06 0.20 0.47 0.66 0.24 0.27 0.37
Informal sector -0.14 0.61 0.82 -0.01 0.32 0.97 -0.17 0.18 0.35 -0.03 0.16 0.87 -0.21 0.46 0.65 0.23 0.43 0.59 0.06 0.25 0.80
Substance Use No Yes 0.66 0.46 0.15 0.60 0.24 0.01 0.04 0.14 0.76 0.20 0.12 0.08 -0.01 0.34 0.98 0.15 0.32 0.65 0.01 0.19 0.95
Comorbid chronic illness No Yes 0.46 0.70 0.52 0.91 0.37 0.01 0.12 0.21 0.57 0.04 0.18 0.84 -1.53 0.53 < .01 0.11 0.49 0.83 0.46 0.28 0.11
Significant Head injury No Yes -1.03 0.97 0.29 -1.24 0.51 0.02 -0.16 0.29 0.59 -0.36 0.25 0.15 -0.12 0.73 0.87 0.14 0.68 0.83 0.22 0.39 0.57
Depression Status No MDD MDD 0.37 0.68 0.58 0.03 0.36 0.93 0.02 0.20 0.93 -0.20 0.17 0.25 0.30 0.51 0.55 0.54 0.47 0.25 0.29 0.27 0.29
CRIq score 70–84 85–114 2.40 0.50 < .01 1.42 0.27 < .01 0.20 0.15 0.17 0.32 0.13 0.01 1.41 0.38 < .01 0.59 0.35 0.09 0.41 0.20 0.05
Suspected Infection duration Infection not suspected Infected ≤12 months 0.13 0.53 0.80 0.18 0.28 0.52 0.05 0.16 0.77 -0.07 0.13 0.58 0.07 0.40 0.87 0.02 0.37 0.95 0.06 0.21 0.79
Infected > 12 months -0.14 0.69 0.84 0.16 0.37 0.67 -0.05 0.20 0.81 0.00 0.17 0.98 1.02 0.52 0.05 -0.51 0.48 0.30 -0.44 0.28 0.12
CD4 category <200 200–499 0.60 0.58 0.30 0.61 0.31 0.05 -0.01 0.17 0.97 0.18 0.15 0.23 0.50 0.43 0.25 -0.14 0.41 0.73 -0.04 0.23 0.85
500+ 0.06 0.64 0.92 0.04 0.34 0.90 -0.10 0.19 0.61 -0.05 0.16 0.77 1.00 0.48 0.04 -0.21 0.45 0.64 -0.11 0.26 0.67

IHDS, International HIV Dementia Scale; DSF, Digit Span-Forward; DSB, Digit Span-Backward; AFT, Action Fluency Test; CLOX1, Clock Drawing Test—executive function score; CLOX2, Clock Drawing Test—visuospatial function score; MDD, major depressive disorder; CRIq, Cognitive Reserve Index Questionnaire.