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Table 2 Baseline predictors of treatment success (viral load<400 copies) among HIV-infected infants 6 months after ART initiation

From: Virologic, immunologic and clinical response of infants to antiretroviral therapy in Kampala, Uganda

Characteristic

Univariate OR

P-value

Multivariable OR

P-value

 

(95% CI)

 

(95% CI)

 

Age (>6 months)

0.83 (0.31-2.24)

0.718

1.20 (0.33-4.37)

0.785

Sex (Male)

1.01 (0.37-2.74)

0.990

0.77 (0.24-2.45)

0.657

CD4 percent (every 1%)

0.99 (0.94-1.04)

0.670

0.95 (0.89-1.01)

0.123

WHO stage (stage3&4)

0.43 (0.15-1.23)

0.116

0.33 (0.08-1.14)

0.078

Protease Inhibitor

1.34 (0.45-4.02)

0.603

1.33 (038-4.65)

0.657

Weight for Age Z-score (<-2)

0.63 (0.21-1.85)

0.395

0.40 (0.09-1.76)

0.227

Height for age Z-score (<-2)

1.44 (0.50-4.12)

0.500

2.08 (0.58-7.47)

0.260

  1. ART= antiretroviral therapy; OR= Odds Ratio; CI= Confidence Interval; WHO= World Health Organization.