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Table 3 Predictors of HIV disease progression at multivariate analysis

From: Socio-economic determinants of disease progression among HIV infected adults in Kenya

Variable

Crude Odds Ratio (cOR)

95 % CI

P value

Adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR)

95 % CI

p value

Gender

      

 Female

0.6

0.3, 1.0

0.058

0.7

0.3, 1.5

0.354

 Male

Ref

  

Ref

  

Age in years

1.01

0.98, 1.04

0.600

0.99

0.95, 1.03

0.497

Expenditure/day

      

 < US$1

5.1

1.7, 15.1

0.003

4.5

1.4, 14.1

0.010

 US$ 1-5

3.1

1.0, 9.4

0 .043

3.1

1.0, 9.7

0.057

 >US$ 5

Ref

  

Ref

  

Treatment group

      

 Acyclovir

0.5

0.3, 0.9

0.013

0.6

0.3, 1.0

0.052

 Placebo

Ref

  

Ref

  

CD4 at baseline/enrolment CD4 (cube root transformation)

0.3

0.2, 0.4

<0.0

0.3

0.2, 0.4

<0.001