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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models examining the association between Aboriginal status and mortality

From: Aboriginal status is a prognostic factor for mortality among antiretroviral naïve HIV-positive individuals first initiating HAART

Variable

Unadjusted HR

Adjusted HR

 

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Aboriginal (Yes versus No)

2.87 (1.70, 4.84)

3.12 (1.77, 5.48)

Plasma HIV viral load (per log 10 increase)

1.27 (0.86, 1.86)

--

CD4 cell count (per 100 decrease)

1.10 (0.97, 1.25)

--

Gender (Female versus Male)

0.89 (0.41, 1.95)

0.98 (0.41, 2.34)

Age

1.04 (1.01, 1.07)

1.06 (1.03, 1.09)

Physician experience (per 10 patients)

0.99 (0.96, 1.01)

--

Completed high-school (Yes versus No)

0.63 (0.39, 1.02)

--

Income (<$10,000 versus ≥ $10,000)

2.76 (1.59, 4.82)

1.86 (1.03, 3.34)

Baseline Combination (PI versus NNRTI)

1.22 (0.65, 2.29)

1.65 (0.82, 3.31)

Adherence (>= 95% versus <95%)

0.32 (0.20, 0.52)

0.41 (0.24, 0.71)

AIDS diagnosis (Yes versus No)

1.59 (0.91, 2.79)

--

History of IDU (Yes versus No)

2.18 (1.35, 3.51)

1.47 (0.82, 2.62)

Year of initiation of therapy

  

1996

1.00 (--)

1.00 (--)

1997

0.49 (0.27, 0.92)

--

1998

0.67 (0.34, 1.32)

--

1999

0.34 (0.14, 0.82)

--

  1. Notes: The symbol – means that variable was not included in the analysis