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Table 3 Adjusted mortality rate ratios (95% confidence interval) from Cox proportional-hazards model (N=840), Savannakhet, Lao PDR, 2003–2009

From: Women experience a better long-term immune recovery and a better survival on HAART in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Predictors

HR

95% CI

P

Latent CD4 trajectories

   

Low CD4 trajectory

1

  

High CD4 trajectory

0.19

(0.08; 0.47)

< 0.001

Gender before 9 months on HAART

   

Men

1

  

Women

1.19

(0.69; 2.05)

0.53

Gender after 9 months on HAART

   

Men

1

  

Women

0.17

(0.07; 0.44)

< 0.001

BMI at HAART initiation

   

< 18 kg/m2

1

  

≥ 18 kg/m2

0.39

(0.25; 0.60)

< 0.001

  1. Schoenfeld residuals.
  2. Global chi-squared test: p=0.53; detailed chi-squared test: latent CD4 trajectories: p=0.09; gender before 9 months on HAART: p=0.64; gender after 9 months on HAART: p=0.89; BMI at HAART initiation: p=0.67.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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