Table 2: Logistic regression analysis results of patients retained in urban antiretroviral therapy program in Ghana.
Patient characteristics |
Number of patients retained in care |
Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) |
p-value |
95% confidence interval |
Age (Years) |
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21-40 (n = 200) |
135 (67.5%) |
0.767 |
0.731 |
0.169-3.473 |
41-60 (n = 160) |
118 (73.8%) |
1.011 |
0.989 |
0.226-4.517 |
61-80 (n = 10) |
7 (70.0%) |
1.000 |
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Sex |
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Female (n = 258) |
188 (72.9%) |
1.319 |
0.332 |
0.754-2.310 |
Male (n = 112) |
72 (64.3%) |
1.000 |
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Education |
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Primary (n = 119) |
150 (75.4%) |
1.539 |
0.104 |
0.915-2.590 |
Secondary (n = 28) |
16 (57.1%) |
0.858 |
0.737 |
0.352-2.091 |
Tertiary (n = 16) |
8 (50.0%) |
0.83 |
0.751 |
0.263-2.621 |
Uneducated (n = 127) |
86 (67.7%) |
1.000 |
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Marital status |
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Divorced (n = 72) |
60 (83.3%) |
1.266 |
0.613 |
0.506-3.166 |
Married (n = 146) |
91 (62.3%) |
0.481 |
0.061 |
0.223-1.035 |
Single (n = 89) |
59 (66.3%) |
0.538 |
0.139 |
0.237-1.222 |
Widowed (n = 63) |
50 (79.4%) |
1.000 |
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Occupation |
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Employed (n = 333) |
240 (72.1%) |
2.55 |
0.015 |
1.201-5.414 |
Unemployed (n = 37) |
20 (54.7%) |
1.000 |
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Regimen |
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AZT/3TC/EFV (n = 88) |
54 (61.4%) |
0.652 |
0.276 |
0.302-1.407 |
AZT/3TC/NVP (n = 109) |
79 (72.5%) |
1.125 |
0.759 |
0.531-2.385 |
TDF/3TC/EFV (n = 114) |
86 (75.4%) |
1.024 |
0.95 |
0.488-2.148 |
TDF/3TC/NVP (n = 63) |
42 (71.2%) |
1.000 |
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Note: TDF is tenofovirdisoproxylfumarate, AZT is azidothymidine (zidovudine), 3 TC is lamivudine, NVP is nevirapine and EFV is efavirenz