Predictors for CD4 cell count and hemoglobin level with survival time to default for HIV positive adults under ART treatment at University of Gondar Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 5 Bayesian joint model parameter estimates for longitudinal sub-model

Variable	Categories	CD4 cell count			Hemoglobin level
Variable	Categories	Posterior mean	Standard error	P-value	Posterior Mean	Standard error	P-value
Intercept	–	19.3132	0.3011	0.040	12.9976	0.1100	0.000
Visit time	–	1.4098	0.0047	0.000	0.1219	0.0002	0.000
Hematocrit	–	4.4815	0.0269	0.000	0.0084	0.0017	0.001
Weight	–	0.8874	0.0395	0.001	0.0183	0.0013	0.001
BMI	–	–	–	–	0.3242	0.0330	0.022
Platelet	–	0.1059	0.0012	0.016	0.0030	0.0000	0.002
Lymphocyte	–	0.7128	0.0110	0.040	0.0086	0.0030	0.001
Gender (Ref = male)	Female	0.3255	0.0057	0.001	0.2361	0.0105	0.001
Adherence (Ref = Poor)	Fair	7.4442	0.2183	0.270	0.4478	0.0114	0.001
Adherence (Ref = Poor)	Good	6.6919	0.2198	0.001	0.4228	0.0085	0.018
Functional status( Ref = Working)	Ambulatory	− 2.5168	0.2157	0.730	− 0.0851	0.0078	0.001
Functional status( Ref = Working)	Bedridden	− 4.4877	0.2642	0.001	0.4902	0.0113	0.168
OIs (Ref = No)	Yes	− 1.0188	0.2232	0.601	− 0.2035	0.0071	0.001
OCC( Ref = No)	Yes	− 2.0880	0.2186	0.774	− 0.0620	0.0073	0.001
WHO stage (Ref = Stage-I)	Stage-2	0.0060	0.2093	0.000	0.1634	0.0078	0.492
	Stage-3	− 3.4512	0.2130	0.586	0.0532	0.0079	0.026
	Stage-4	− 3.3557	0.2801	0.001	− 0.8183	0.0116	0.018

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