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Table 1 Factors associated with drug resistance among Chinese patients who commenced first-line ART for 9–24 months from 2003 to 2015 (n = 4679)

From: HIV drug resistance in patients in China’s national HIV treatment programme who have been on first-line ART for at least 9 months

Factors

Total

DR

%

OR (95% CI)

P

AOR* (95% CI)

P

Total

4679

402

8.6

    

Sex

 Male

3177

254

8.0

1.0

   

 Female

1502

148

9.9

1.3 (1.0,1.6)

0.03

  

Age (years)

 ≤ 30

921

56

6.1

1.0

   

 31–40

1731

178

10.3

1.8 (1.3,2.4)

< 0.01

  

 > 40

2027

168

8.3

1.4 (1.0,1.9)

0.67

  

Education

 Post-secondary school or more

1424

59

4.1

1.0

   

 Secondary school or less

3255

343

10.5

2.7 (2.1,3.6)

< 0.01

1.5 (1.0,2.1)

0.04

Occupation

 Other

2218

96

4.3

1.0

   

 Farmer

2409

301

12.5

3.2 (2.5,4.0)

< 0.01

1.8 (1.3,2.5)

<0.01

Marital status

 Other

3228

332

10.3

1.0

   

 Married

1451

70

4.8

0.4 (0.3,0.6)

< 0.01

  

Time of initial ART (year)

 ≤ 2008

1882

292

15.5

1.0

 

1.0

 

 > 2008

2797

110

3.9

0.2 (0.2,0.3)

< 0.01

0.5 (0.4,0.7)

< 0.01

Route of HIV infection

 Heterosexual intercourse

2166

95

4.4

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Homosexual intercourse

670

15

2.2

0.5 (0.3,0.9)

< 0.01

0.9 (0.5,1.7)

0.06

 Blood/IDU

1531

266

17.4

4.6 (3.6,5.9)

< 0.01

2.4 (1.8,3.3)

< 0.01

 Other or unknown

312

26

8.3

2.0 (1.3,3.1)

0.07

1.8 (1.1,3.1)

0.22

WHO clinic stage III/IV before ART

 No

3842

283

7.4

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Yes

837

119

14.2

2.1 (1.7,2.6)

< 0.01

1.6 (1.1,2.1)

< 0.01

CD4 cell counts before ART (cells/mm3)

 < 349

3579

263

7.3

1.0

 

1.0

 

 ≥ 350

631

25

4.0

0.5 (0.3,0.8)

< 0.01

0.6 (0.3,0.9)

0.01

Initial ART regimens

 D4T/3TC/EFV or NVP

1053

87

8.3

1.0

 

1.0

 

 AZT/3TC/EFV or NVP

1901

95

5.0

0.6 (0.4, 0.8)

< 0.01

0.7 (0.5, 1.0)

<0.01

 TDF/3TC/EFV or NVP

985

36

3.7

0.4 (0.3, 0.6)

< 0.01

0.5 (0.3, 0.8)

< 0.01

 AZT/ddI/EFV or NVP

482

153

31.7

5.2 (3.9, 6.9)

< 0.01

6.3 (4.2, 9.4)

< 0.01

 Other regimens

258

31

12.0

1.5 (1.0, 2.3)

0.08

1.0 (0.5, 2.0)

0.55

ART regimens at survey

 D4T/3TC/EFV or NVP

605

32

5.3

1.0

   

 AZT/3TC/EFV or NVP

1774

73

4.1

0.8 (0.5, 1.2)

< 0.01

0.9 (0.6, 1.4)

< 0.01

 TDF/3TC/EFV or NVP

1165

39

3.4

0.6 (0.4, 1.0)

< 0.01

0.8 (0.5, 1.3)

< 0.01

 Other first-line regimens

683

147

21.5

4.9 (3.3, 7.3)

< 0.01

4.7 (2.9, 7.7)

< 0.01

 Second-line regimens

452

111

24.6

5.8 (3.8, 8.8)

< 0.01

5.6 (3.5, 8.9)

< 0.01

Missed doses in the past month

 No

4316

353

8.2

1.0

   

 Yes

363

49

13.5

1.8 (1.3,2.4)

< 0.01

1.7 (1.1,2.5)

0.01

ART drug distribution location

 Township hospital or village clinic

2564

324

12.6

1.0

 

1.0

 

 County hospital or CDC

2110

78

3.7

0.3 (0.2,0.3)

< 0.01

0.4 (0.3,0.5)

< 0.01

Adverse drug reactions

 No

3842

283

7.4

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Yes

837

119

14.2

2.1 (1.7,2.6)

< 0.01

1.6 (1.2,2.1)

< 0.01

  1. * Adjusted for: sex, age, education, marital status, occupation, and year of initial ART