Quality of life in individuals living with HIV/AIDS attending a public sector antiretroviral service in Cape Town, South Africa

Table 3 Multivariate analyses showing factors associated with the five Health related Quality of Life (EuroQol) domains

	Mobility		Selfcare		Usual activities		Pain/discomfort		Anxiety/depression
Variable	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
ART status
ART-naïve vs ART	3.08 (1.63 - 7.89)	0.007	5.21 (0.45 - 60.27)	0.187	2.40 (0.66 - 8.75)	0.184	1.31 (0.88 - 1.95)	0.184	0.88 (0.53 - 1.89)	0.607
CD4 count, cells/μL
> 200 vs ≤ 200	1.16 (0.55 - 2.47)	0.697	2.93 (0.28- 30.40)	0.367	0.75 (0.24 - 2.37)	0.622	0.81 (0.54 - 1.21)	0.311	1.14 (0.66 - 1.95)	0.646
Age	1.02 (0.99 - 1.06)	0.242	0.92 (0.80 - 1.06)	0.236	0.95 (0.89 - 1.03)	0.208	1.01 (0.99 - 1.03)	0.471	1.01 (0.99 - 1.04)	0.320
Gender
Female vs male	0.44 (0.19 - 1.00)	0.050	1.90 (0.12 -30.97)	0.651	2.04 (0.39 - 10.77)	0.401	0.83 (0.52 - 1.31)	0.416	1.03 (0.55 - 1.91)	0.933
Education
No education	1.00	1.00	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
≤ Grade 12	0.37 (0.13 - 1.06)	0.065	0.028(0.002-0.309)	0.004	0.11 (0.02 - 0.58)	0.009	0.90 (0.41 - 1.94)	0.779	0.59 (0.23 - 1.51)	0.273
>Grade 12	0.41 (0.04 - 4.20)	0.450	-	-	0.31 (0.02 - 4.33)	0.382	1.14 (0.31 - 4.29)	0.841	0.59 (0.10 - 3.52)	0.565
Employment
Unemployed	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Full or part time or other	0.71 [0.31 - 1.59]	0.400	0.75 (0.06 - 9.54)	0.826	0.31 (0.02 - 4.33)	0.458	1.34 (0.90 - 2.00)	0.150	0.59 (0.34 - 1.04)	0.067
Previous TB	1.54 (0.72 - 3.28)	0.267	2.23 (0.25 - 19.54)	0.469	3.10 (0.85 - 11.24)	0.086	1.12 (0.75 - 1.66)	0.583	0.51 (0.30 - 0.86)	0.012
BMI category
Not obese	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Obese	2.78 (1.24- 6.22)	0.013	0.92 (0.07- 11.63)	0.947	1.09 (0.27 - 4.41)	0.906	1.20 (0.77 -1.86)	0.427	1.27 (0.74 - 2.17)	0.384

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