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Table 1 Factors associated with being in HIV care at 12+/− 3 months, after release from French Guiana correctional facility (n = 132)

From: Returning to care after incarceration with HIV: the French Guianese experience

 

HIV care (%)

Crude IRR (95%CI)

p

Adjusted IRR (95%CI)

p

 

Yes (n = 59)

No (n = 73)

    

Chronology between ART and incarceration

- No ART on release

25.7

74.3

Reference

 

Reference

 

- ART started/restarted in prison

50.0

50.0

1.9 (1.1–3.4)

0.02

1.4 (0.8–2.4)

0.20

- On ART while incarcerated

79.4

20.6

3.1 (2.0–4.8)

< 0.01

2.0 (1.2–3.0)

< 0.01

Advanced HIV disease*

67.3

32.7

2.1 (1.5–3.1)

< 0.01

1.5 (1.0–2.1)

0.04

Chronology between 1st positive HIV-test and incarceration

- Diagnosed outside custody

63.6

36.4

Reference

 

Reference

 

- Diagnosed in custody, before the last incarceration

42.0

58.0

0.7 (0.4–1.0)

0.03

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

0.35

-Diagnosed during the last incarceration

11.1

88.9

0.2 (0.5–0.8)

< 0.01

0.3 (0.1–0.9)

0.03

  1. *Defined by: previous AIDS illness (CDC stage C), or CD4 nadir < 200/mm3
  2. Cofactors tested but not retained after final analysis (p > 0·20) were: addiction, duration of the index incarceration, homelessness. Cofactors retained in the final analysis (p < 0.20) but not in the final model were: sex, re-incarceration, co-morbidity, psychiatric background, native from Surinam