Research Article

Analysis of the Influencing Factors of Immunological Nonresponders in Wuhan, China

Table 4

Univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses between Influencers and CD4+ cell count increase.

VariableUnivariate linear regressionMultivariate linear regression
β (95% CI)β (95% CI)

Gender−13.9 (−53.3, 25.6)0.490−6.6 (−50.0, 36.8)0.764
BMI−4.1 (−8.1, −0.0)0.048−4.2 (−8.1, −0.2)0.038
Age at follow-up0.1 (−0.7, 0.8)0.875−0.1 (−0.9, 0.8)0.857
Duration from HIV diagnosis to HAART start (months)b−29.7 (−45.8, −13.6)0.000−17.0 (−33.4, −0.5)0.043
Duration of HAART (months)b−13.3 (−27.9, 1.3)0.0744.9 (−10.9, 20.7)0.542
Transmission route2.5 (−15.3, 20.3)0.78311.8 (−7.0, 30.6)0.216
WHO clinical stage24.2 (10.2, 38.1)0.00110.6 (−4.1, 25.2)0.156
Co-trimoxazolea−76.0 (−100.6, −51.4)0.000−98.5 (−129.3, −67.7)0.000
HAART optionsa−7.6 (−20.9, 5.7)0.2599.2 (−6.0, 24.3)0.234
HAART replacement−15.1 (−41.2, 11.0)0.255−19.8 (−46.5, 7.0)0.146
Crb1.0 (0.2, 1.9)0.0130.9 (0.1, 1.7)0.022

aInfluencers in baseline, bInfluencers in follow-up. The multivariate linear regression model included gender, BMI, age at follow-up, duration from HIV diagnosis to HAART start, duration of HAART, transmission route, WHO clinical stage, co-trimoxazole, HAART options, HAART replacement, cr.