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Table 3 Effects of changes in viral load levels on CD4 cell count transition intensities

From: A superiority of viral load over CD4 cell count when predicting mortality in HIV patients on therapy

 

Baseline

Log-linear

Hazard

Viral load levels

i;j

\( {\alpha}_{ij}^0 \)

β ij

 

1

2

3

4

5

1;2

0. 2901

−1.4148

0. 2430

0.7161

0.1740

0.0423

0.0103

0.0025

1;5

0.0240

1. 2788

3.5922

0.0106

0.0381

0.1369

0.4918

1.7665

2;1

0.6124

0.02164

1.0268

0.6021

0.6182

0.6348

0.6518

0.6692

2;3

0.8429

0. 2122

1. 2364

0.7361

0.9101

1.1252

1.3911

1.7199

2;5

0.0044

1.5472

4.6985

0.0016

0.0076

0.0358

0.1684

0.7912

3;2

1.3971

0. 2010

1. 2226

1.2287

1.5023

1.8367

2.2456

2.7454

3;4

0.7200

0. 2729

1.3138

0.6048

0.7946

1.0440

1.3716

1.8019

3;5

0.1276

1.0505

2.8591

0.0652

0.1865

0.5331

1.5241

4.3576

4;3

0.7432

0.0231

1.0233

0.7323

0.7494

0.7669

0.7847

0.8030

4;5

0.0567

0.5734

1.7743

0.0393

0.0697

0.1237

0.2195

0.3894

-2xLL

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  1. αij:- transition intensities from state i to state j, \( {\alpha}_{ij}^0 \) baseline transition intensities, βij:- log-linear effects, Hazard:- hazard ratios, -2xLL:- likelihood ratio test