Table 4 Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) estimated using multivariable logistic regression models to quantify associations between equity variables (age, sex, ethnicity, immigration status, geography, HIV exposure categories) and reaching each step of the HIV care cascade among LHIV-Manitoba clinical cohort participants as of 31 December 2017

Total participants in cascade step, N

638

606

573

523

AOR

95%CI

AOR

95%CI

AOR

95%CI

AOR

95%CI

Age range, in years (Model 1) ^a

18–29

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

30–39

1.62

0.65–4.02

2.39

1.07–5.34

2.01

0.96–4.24

1.57

0.77–3.24

40–49

2.51

1.03–6.11

3.28

1.51–7.13

3.27

1.58–6.77

2.77

1.37–5.59

50–59

4.53

1.73–11.89

3.69

1.67–8.14

4.39

2.08–9.30

3.75

1.83–7.68

60+

5.04

1.52–16.69

6.37

2.27–17.85

4.99

2.05–12.15

4.53

1.96–10.44

Sex (Model 2) ^b

Male

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Female

1.29

0.70–2.38

1.43

0.84–2.42

1.51

0.94–2.42

1.45

0.95–2.22

Geography, by region (Model 3) ^c

Winnipeg

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Northern Manitoba

0.64

0.17–2.35

1.23

0.35–4.41

1.37

0.44–4.26

1.06

0.42–2.70

Western Manitoba

0.33

0.12–0.90

0.44

0.17–1.11

0.65

0.26–1.66

1.03

0.41–2.61

Eastern Manitoba

3.04

0.40–23.04

1.91

0.56–6.48

2.27

0.77–6.64

3.82

1.31–11.17

Southern Manitoba

0.64

0.18–2.35

0.95

0.31–2.95

0.92

0.35–2.45

0.55

0.24–1.27

Self-identified ethnicity (Model 4) ^d

White

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Indigenous

0.72

0.37–1.40

0.57

0.33–0.97

0.57

0.36–0.91

0.45

0.30–0.69

Sub-Saharan African/Caribbean/Black

0.34

0.15–0.73

0.43

0.22–0.86

0.57

0.30–1.08

0.73

0.40–1.33

Other ^e

0.40

0.14–1.13

0.42

0.17–1.05

0.68

0.28–1.66

0.70

0.31–1.57

Immigration status ^f (Model 5) ^g

Non-immigrant

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Immigrant

0.73

0.23–2.33

0.66

0.23–1.86

0.65

0.24–1.77

0.84

0.34–21.0

Self-identified HIV exposure category (Model 6)

Condomless anal sex between males (MSM) only

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

Ref.

–

MSM + injection drug use (IDU)

0.87

0.18–4.19

0.91

0.24–3.43

1.16

0.35–3.79

1.47

0.45–4.78

IDU only

0.79

0.32–1.98

0.66

0.32–1.38

0.87

0.45–1.66

0.48

0.27–0.85

Condomless vaginal (heterosexual) sex

1.11

0.50–2.44

0.96

0.50–1.83

1.29

0.73–2.28

0.84

0.51–1.39

No identified risk/Other risk ^h

0.41

0.11–1.59

0.63

0.18–2.28

1.05

0.30–3.67

1.08

0.32–3.64