Table 4 |
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Association between socioeconomic variables and ART adherence |
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VAS adherence (≥ 95%) |
Dose, schedule and food adherence |
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N = 519 (%) |
Crude OR (95% CI) |
P |
Crude OR (95% CI) |
P |
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Sex |
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Female |
370 (26.6) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Male |
139 (73.4) |
1.08 (0.54-1.56) |
.747 |
1.03 (0.63-1.50) |
.887 |
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Age |
0.99 (0.97-1.02) |
.673 |
1.01 (0.99-1.03) |
.615 |
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Formal education |
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lower (up to Grade 7) |
197 (38.1) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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higher (Grade 8 or more) |
320 (61.9) |
0.89 (0.81-1.00) |
.050 |
0.99 (0.91-1.08) |
.895 |
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Marital status |
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Married/cohabitating |
108 (20.9) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Single/separated/divorced/widowed |
409 (79.2) |
1.79 (1.02-3.00) |
.028 |
0.99 (0.62-1.59) |
.974 |
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Employment status |
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Unemployed |
393 (77.4) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Employed |
115 (22.6) |
1.00 (0.58-1.74) |
.991 |
1.23 (0.77-1.97) |
.386 |
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On disability grant ("for AIDS") |
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No |
242 (47.5) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Yes |
268 (52.5) |
1.09 (0.69-1.72) |
.722 |
0.91 (0.62-1.34) |
.642 |
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Residence |
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Rural |
319 (61.7) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Urbanct |
198 (38.3) |
2.78 (1.60-4.83) |
.000 |
3.34 (2.13-5.25) |
.000 |
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Peltzer et al. BMC Public Health 2010 10:111 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-111 |
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