Table 2

Background and clinical characteristics of 897 patients on HAART in TASO Kampala, Uganda

Variable
Non Adherent n (%)
Adherent to HAART, n (%)
Odds Ratio
95% CI

Sex




Male
56 (28.6)
166 (23.7)
1.0

Female
140 (71.4)
535 (76.3)
0.77
0.54–1.11





Age in median years
36
37
N/A
N/A





Education




None
46 (23.5)
111 (15.8)
1.0

Educated
150 (76.5)
590 (84.2)
0.61
0.42–0.90





Religion




Catholic
62 (31.6)
212 (30.2)
1.0

Protestant
70 (35.7)
293 (41.8)
1.25
0.65–2.41
Pentecostal
37 (18.9)
106 (15.1)
1.19
0.75–1.91
Orthodox
12 (6.1)
42 (6.0)
0.98
0.48–1.97
Muslim
15 (7.7)
41 (5.9)
0.82
0.56–1.20
Other
0 (0.0)
7 (1.0)
-
-





Married




Ever
190 (96.9)
676 (96.4)
1.0

Never
6 (3.1)
25 (3.6)
1.17
0.47–2.90





CD4 count




Less than 50
25 (12.8)
172 (24.5)
1.0

50 or more
171 (87.2)
529 (75.5)
2.22
1.41–3.50

Abaasa et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:241   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-241