Research Article

Factors Influencing Survival Status of HIV/AIDS after HAART in Huzhou City, Eastern China

Table 1

General demographic characteristics and bivariate Cox proportional hazards regression model analyses.

VariablesAll (n = 1812)Survival group (n = 1716)Death group (n = 96)Univariate HR (95% CI)
n (col%) or (Mean ± SD)n (row%) or (Mean ± SD)n (row%) or (Mean ± SD)

Age (yrs)40.20 ± 14.5839.64 ± 14.3350.25 ± 15.551.062 (1.047, 1.077)
Sex
 Female278 (15.3)262 (94.2)16 (5.8)1.00
 Male1534 (84.7)1454 (94.8)80 (5.2)0.982 (0.573, 1.682)
Education level
 Primary school and below447 (24.7)405 (90.6)42 (9.4)1.00
 Junior high school and above1365 (75.3)1311 (96.0)54 (4.0)0.381 (0.254, 0.571)
Marital status
 Married or cohabitation858 (47.4)809 (94.3)49 (5.7)1.00
 Others (unmarried/divorced/widowed)954 (52.6)907 (95.1)47 (4.9)0.867 (0.581, 1.294)
Route of infection
 MSM720 (39.7)707 (98.2)13 (1.8)1.00
 Heterosexual transmission1073 (59.2)992 (92.5)81 (7.5)4.336 (2.413, 7.792)
 Other ways (injecting drug use, etc.)19 (1.0)17 (89.5)2 (10.5)2.226 (0.471, 10.528)
Time from confirmation of HIV positivity to joining treatment (months)
 Less than or equal to 61537 (84.8)1470 (95.6)67 (4.4)1.00
 More than 6275 (15.2)246 (89.5)29 (10.5)1.113 (0.702, 1.765)
Base CD4+ T lymphocyte count (cells/μL)
 Less than 200584 (32.2)533 (91.3)51 (8.7)1.00
 More than or equal to 2001228 (67.8)1183 (96.3)45 (3.7)0.412 (0.275, 0.616)
Current WHO clinical stage
 I or II stage1745 (96.3)1659 (95.1)86 (4.9)1.00
 III or IV stage67 (3.7)57 (85.1)10 (14.9)2.098 (1.083, 4.066)
BMI (Kg/m2)
 18.5–24.991443 (79.6)1371 (95.0)72 (5.0)1.00
 <18.5182 (10.1)166 (91.2)16 (8.8)1.551 (0.901, 2.668)
 25-187 (10.3)179 (95.7)8 (4.3)0.947 (0.456, 1.967)

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