Table 3 Factors associated with delay entry into HIV care within 3 months; Logistics regression analysis

From: Delayed entry into HIV care after diagnosis in two specialized care and treatment centres in Cameroon: the influence of CD4 count and WHO staging

Characteristics	Bivariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	OR (95%CI)	p-value	OR (95%CI)	p-value
Age
>32 years	Ref
≤32 years	1.5 (0.8 – 3.1)	0.10	2.8 (0.6 – 2.3)	0.18
Gender
Female	Ref
Male	3.5 (1.3 – 9.2)	0.10	1.2 (0.8 – 5.5)	0.22
Educational level
Higher	Ref
Nil	2.1 (0.3 – 13.8)	0.45
Primary	1.7 (0.4 – 8.1)	0.51
Secondary	0.5 (0.1 – 3.0)	0.43
Alcohol
No	Ref
Yes	2.7 (1.9 – 7.9)	0.04	1.5 (0.5 – 4.8)	0.47
Anaemia
Hb ≤ 9 g/dL	Ref
Hb > 9 g/dL	2.6 (0.2 - 30.2)	0.43
CD4count
<499cells/μl	Ref
≥500cells/μl	4.9 (1.4 – 17.5)	0.01	3.6 (0.6 – 10.4)	0.012
Travel hours to TC
≤1 h	Ref
>1 h	1.2 (0.3 – 4.5)	0.75
WHO-HIV stage
WHO III&IV	Ref
WHO I & II	6.1 (2.3 – 16.2)	<0.001	5.4 (1.9 – 15.2)	0.01
Sharing of result
No	Ref
Yes	1.2 (0.7 – 3.4)	0.92

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