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Table 3 Association between death and biological and socioeconomic factors in a cohort of PLHIV

From: Survival of people living with HIV who defaulted from tuberculosis treatment in a cohort, Recife, Brazil

Variables

Deaths

(number)

Incidence Rate

(100 person/years)

HR (CI 95%)

p-value

p-valuea

Biologicalb

 Sex

     

  Female

23

6.14 (4.08–9.25)

1.0

-

-

  Male

52

5.44 (4.15–7.15)

0.88 (0.54–1.44)

0.625

0.231

 Age group

  <30 years

24

8.38 (5.62–12.5)

1.0

  

  30 to 49 years

42

4.61 (3.40–6.23)

0.55 (0.33–0.90)

0.053

0.019

  > 50 years

9

6.91 (3.60–13.3)

0.77 (0.35–1.66)

0.506

0.506

 BMI

  Normal

32

4.35 (3.07–6.15)

1.0

  

  Malnourished

12

4.49 (2.54–7.97)

1.09 (0.56–2.11)

0.797

 

  Overweight/obese

6

3.23 (1.45–7.20)

0.78 (0.32–1.88)

0.591

 

  No information

25

17.8 (12.0–26.3)

3.75 (2.21–6.33)

0.000

0.725

 Anemia

  No

17

5.21 (3.24–8.39)

1.0

-

-

  Yes

47

5.31 (4.00–7.07)

1.03 (0.59–1.79)

0.916

0.271

Socioeconomicb

 Origins

  Recife

29

5.29 (3.67–7.61)

1.0

  

  Metropolitan Region

36

6.80 (4.90–9.42)

1.29 (0.79–2.10)

0.309

 

  Interior of state

9

4.39 (2.28–8.44)

0.90 (0.42–1.90)

0.781

0.202

 Race

  White

16

5.79 (3.54–9.44)

1.0

  

  Non-white

58

5.77 (4.45–7.46)

0.99 (0.57–1.72)

0.968

0.100

 In a stable relationship

  No

38

5.25 (3.82–7.22)

1.0

  

  Yes

36

6.40 (4.61–8.87)

1.20 (0.76–1.90)

0.427

0.427

 Schooling

  Illiterate

14

6.78 (4.01–11.5)

1.0

  

  From 1 to 9 years

43

6.13 (4.54–8.26)

0.88 (0.48–1.61)

0.677

 

  10 years or more

17

4.56 (2.83–7.33)

0.68 (0.34–1.39)

0.294

0.338

 Employed

  Yes

11

4.57 (2.53–8.25)

1.0

  

  No

63

6.03 (4.71–7.71)

1.32 (0.69–2.50)

0.400

0.308

 Income

     

  > 1 Minimum salary

23

5.01 (3.33–7.54)

1.0

  
  1. aRisk proportionality test (Schoenfeld residual)
  2. bBiological and socioeconomic conditions when initiating treatment for TB