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Table 2 Factors associated with accepting a POC CD4 test among HIV positive clients diagnosed at mobile HIV testing services in Cape Town, South Africa from 2014 to 2016

From: Rapid point-of-care CD4 testing at mobile units and linkage to HIV care: an evaluation of community-based mobile HIV testing services in South Africa

 

Accepted a POC CD4 test n (%)

Total n

Unadjusted OR (95%CI)

p-value

Adjusted

OR (95%CI)a

p-value

Total

679 (51)

1325

    

Sex

Male

272 (57)

474

1

 

1

 

Female

407 (48)

851

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

< 0.001

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

< 0.001

Age (years)

12–18

36 (38)

95

1

 

1

 

19–24

117 (47)

251

1.4 (0.9–2.1)

0.055

1.4 (0.9–2.3)

0.110

25–29

145 (51)

284

1.7 (1.0–2.9)

0.040

1.6 (0.9–2.7)

0.075

30–39

249 (55)

450

2.0 (1.1–3.8)

0.024

1.9 (0.9–3.6)

0.050

40–49

85 (51)

167

1.7 (1.1–2.7)

0.026

1.6 (0.9–2.5)

0.060

50+

46 (60)

77

2.4 (1.1–5.3)

0.027

2.1 (0.9–4.7)

0.076

Unknown

1

1

    

Previously tested for HIV

No

83 (47)

175

1

 

1

 

Yes

596 (52)

1150

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

0.392

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

0.431

TB positive diagnosis

No

677 (51)

1322

1

 

1

 

Yes

2 (67)

3

1.9 (0.1–26.3)

0.630

1.5 (0.1–22.0)

0.749

  1. POC point-of-care, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, TB tuberculosis, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aMultivariable model was adjusted for sex, age, previously tested for HIV, TB diagnosis, and year of HIV diagnosis