Table 3 Quantile logistic regression model on CD4 count of the patients at 6 and 24 months after restarting ART

Sex

Male

1

1

1

1

Female

70.3 (48.2;91.7)

19.8 (−10.9;50.4)

37.7 (−25.1;99.2)

19.5 (−65.1;104.2)

Age Group

15–34

1

1

1

1

35–44

18.5 (2.3;48.8)

20.3 (−1.6;49.7)

16.8 (−56.6;88.5)

−24.2 (−119.4;71.6)

45+

−10.7 (−55.3;−5.3)

−7.9 (−48.1;−2.7)

18.2 (−63.7;99.8)

−38.1 (−109.4; −0.2)

Occupation

Unemployed

1

1

1

1

Self-employment

48.9 (18.6;77.4)

26.4 (12.2;64.9)

18.9 (−46.3;82.5)

−5.3 (−112.3;101.6)

Formal employment

18.1 (−16.3;52.2)

29.5 (22.8;81.1)

24.0 (−51.8;99.5)

4.7 (−130.6;139.9)

Other

120.2 (38.8;84.9)

104.0 (7.4;200.5)

41.9 (−101.8;183.2)

3.1 (−230.6;236.8)

Education

None

1

1

1

1

Highest Grade (1–12)

16.0 (−28.6;60.6)

26.4 (−16.3;69.4)

33.1 (−39.9;105.1)

−8.3 (−125.1;108.5)

College/University

−5.6 (−59.7;49.7)

−0.2 (−64.8;64.4)

15.6 (−77.3; 107.8)

21.3 (149.6;192.2)

Marital status

Unmarried

1

1

1

1

Married

10.7 (−34.4;54.4)

−9.3 (−52.9;34.4)

−20.7 (−108.9;68.4)

39.7 (−96.5;175.9)

Divorced

13.6 (−46.1;72.1)

−8.0 (−65.7;49.6)

44.3 (−66.5;154.0)

20.1 (−144.1;184.3)

Widowed

−14.0 (−75.5;47.5)

−5.1 (−66.1;55.8)

−2.9 (−116.4;112.0)

35.7 (−136.4;207.7)

Type of treatment

1^st line

1

1

1

1

2^nd line

−80.2 (−140.4;−19.6)

−65.2 (−127.8;−2.5)

−78.8 (−186.8;30.6)

10.8 (−156.1;177.8)

WHO Staging

Stage 1

1

1

1

1

Stage 2

−27.4 (−64.3; −10.3)

−18.5 (−59.3;−9.2)

−45.1 (-145.6;−5.7)

−4.7 (−85.7; 14.1)

Stage 3

−106.2 (−252.5;−68.5)

−116.2 (−230.5;−50.9)

−67.4 (−113.5;−2.3)

−30.0 (−148; 6.1)

Stage 4

−132.1 (−281.3;−77.9)

−147.8 (−267.5;−31.8)

−97.8 (−183.2;−7.9)

3.4 (−145.6;152.4)

Facility

Chipokota Mayamba Clinic

1

1

1

1

Kabwe General Hospital

21.7 (−25.0;67.3)

11.1 (−41.8;32.1)

15.7 (5.6;157.5)

−15.4 (−185.6;154.7)

Kitwe Central Hospital

−34,6 (−82.9;14.7)

−27.3 (−85.7;31.0)

−4.5 (−94.4;88.9)

−57.9 (−225.3;109.4)

Liteta Hospital

24.5 (−20.3;68.0)

11.2 (−37.4;59.8)

70.3 (−13.8;153.4)

15.6 (−131.2;162.5)

Mwachisompola Demo Zone

48.3 (−30.3;126.2)

24.6 (−62.9;111.9)

121 (−7.2;249.9)

64.1 (−248.1;376.3)

CD4 Count

CD4 count at restart

0.2 (−0.1;03)

0.4 (0.3;0.5)

At 6 months

0.9 (0.7; 1.1)

0.9 (0.5;1.1)

Total Duration on treatment

0.4 (0.1;0.8)

1.2 (0.5;3.7)

0.2 (−1.2;1.6)

0.2 (0.1;0.4)

Duration LTFU

−0.05 (−0.7;0.8)

−1.3 (−1.9;−0.9)

−0.1 (−1.9;1.6)

1.9 (−4.2;8.2)

Duration on treatment before LTFU

0.2 (−1,1;1.5)

1.4 (0.5;3.5)

I.6 (−2.0;4.1)

0.5 (−4.6;5.5)