Table 2 Predictors of rate of CD4 count recovery
From: Pattern and predictors of immunologic recovery in HIV infected patients
Predictor | Parameter estimate | Standard error | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Intercept | 56.7 | 6.6 | <0.001 |
Time | −28.6 | 6.0 | <0.001 |
Age (years) | −0.3 | 0.7 | 0.698 |
Gender | |||
Female (reference) | |||
Male | −12.3 | 14.8 | 0.410 |
Primary caregiver | |||
Parents (reference) | |||
Relatives | 0.15 | 14.9 | 0.992 |
Self | −17.8 | 20.1 | 0.379 |
Other | −0.3 | 26.6 | 0.991 |
Economic status | |||
Low (ref) | |||
Medium | 6.4 | 17.6 | 0.714 |
High | −6.0 | 34.1 | 0.860 |
Educational levels | |||
None (reference) | |||
Primary | −20.4 | 24.5 | 0.407 |
Secondary | −33.1 | 31.7 | 0.298 |
Tertiary | −30.5 | 27.4 | 0.267 |
Place | |||
KATH (reference) | |||
Suntreso Gov. Hospital | 9.6 | 13.0 | 0.459 |
ART regimen | |||
Others (ref) | |||
Azidovudine/lamivudine + NNRTI | 4.9 | 25.0 | 0.845 |
Azidovudine/lamivudine + PI | 8.1 | 31.5 | 0.797 |
Stavudine/lamivudine + NNRTI | 3.8 | 23.9 | 0.873 |
Baseline CD4 level | |||
Low (≤250/µl) (ref) | |||
High (>250/µl) | −65.7 | 13.0 | <0.001 |