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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis for the risk factors for late ART initiation from 2008 to 2014

From: Trends in baseline CD4 cell counts and risk factors for late antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-positive patients in Shanghai, a retrospective cross-sectional study

Variables

Crude odds ratio (COR)

95% confidence interval (CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (AOR)

95% confidence interval (CI)

P-value

Age (years)

  ≤ 30

Reference

--

Reference

--

--

 31–40

1.33

1.13--1.56

1.20

1.01--1.43

0.044

 41–50

2.00

1.66--2.42

1.58

1.27--1.97

<0.0001

  ≥ 51

2.28

1.89--2.74

1.68

1.34--2.12

<0.0001

Gender

 Female

Reference

--

Reference

--

--

 Male

1.22

0.97--1.52

1.81

1.40--2.34

<0.0001

Marital status

 Single

Reference

--

Reference

--

--

 Married or live together

1.67

1.45--1.91

1.07

0.89--1.26

0.467

 Divorced, separated or widowed

1.83

1.45--2.31

1.21

0.93--1.58

0.152

Infection route

 Homosexual

Reference

--

Reference

--

--

 Heterosexual

1.62

1.36--1.89

1.36

1.13--1.64

0.001

 Othersa

2.37

1.98--2.85

2.06

1.69--2.51

<0.0001

 PWID

1.68

1.12--2.54

1.38

0.90--2.11

0.142

Year of ART initiation

 2014b

Reference

--

Reference

--

--

 2013

1.11

0.90--1.37

1.16

0.94--1.45

0.175

 2012

1.40

1.11--1.77

1.40

1.11--1.78

0.005

 2011

1.38

1.08--1.75

1.44

1.13--1.85

0.003

 2010

1.93

1.48--2.52

1.91

1.45--2.50

<0.0001

 2009

3.56

2.55--4.97

3.45

2.45--4.86

<0.0001

 2008

4.78

3.10--7.37

4.59

2.95--7.15

<0.0001

  1. ART combined antiretroviral therapy, PWID people who inject drugs
  2. aIncluding transmission via plasma donation, mother-to-child transmission, blood transmission and undetermined transmission
  3. bComprising data only from January 2014 to June 2014