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Table 3 Multivariate Cox regression analysis of predictors of mortality among Children on ART at Felege Hiwot referral hospital, January 1 st , 2006 - March 31 st , 2011

From: Predictors of mortality among children on Antiretroviral Therapy at a referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A retrospective follow up study

Variable

Survival status

Crude HR (95% CI)

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

 

Died

Censored

  

Age

    

  < 1yr

4

18

1

 

  1-5 yr

10

187

0.25(0.08, 0.79)

*

  5 -15 yr

27

303

0.38(0.13, 1.09)

*

Sex

    

  Male

17

269

0.66 (0.35, 1.22)

*

  Female

24

239

1

 

OIs

    

  Yes

20

145

2.01 (1.09, 3.72)

*

  No

21

363

1

 

Cotrimoxazole preventive therapy

    

  Yes

8

279

1

1

  No

33

229

4.89(2.26,10.59)

4.74 (2.17, 10.34)

Developmental history

    

  Appropriate

34

497

1

1

  Delayed/regressing

7

11

10.13(4.43, 23.1)

6.31(2.52, 15.83)

WHO staging

    

  I/II

8

165

0.28(0.11, 0.72)

*

  III

23

294

0.43(0.21, 0.91)

*

  IV

10

49

1

 

Haemoglobin (n = 520)

    

  <10gm/dl

15

88

2.87(1.5, 5.5)

2.44 (1.26, 4.73)

  ≥10gm/dl

24

393

1

1

Nutritional status

    

  Underweight

39

414

3.89(0.94, 16.1)

*

  Normal

2

94

1

 

CD4 cell count

    

  CD4 count below the threshold

30

259

2.55(1.28, 5.1)

2.24(1.07, 4.69)

  CD4 count above the threshold

11

249

1

1

  1. * Non significant from the multivariate Cox regression (Backward LR method).