Uptake of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive women ever enrolled into ‘prevention of mother to child transmission’ programme, Mandalay, Myanmar—a cohort study

Table 1 Characteristics and factors associated with initiation of ART/pARV in Central Women Hospital, Mandalay, Myanmar

Characteristics	Total n	ART or pARV initiation, n (%)	ART initiation rate (100 person-month-follow-up)	cHR (95% CI)	P value	aHR* (95% CI)	P value
Total	670	588 (88)	54
Age (in years)
<=30	400	348 (87)	48	1
> 30	270	240 (89)	63	1.1 (0.9–1.3)	0.27
Patients’ residence
Outside MDY	159	139 (87)	61	1 (0.8–1.1)	0.55
MDY	511	449 (88)	51	1
Spouse HIV status recorded
No	223	177 (79)	34	1		1
Yes	447	411 (92)	72	1.3 (1.1–1.6)^§	< 0.01	1.1 (0.9–1.4)	0.18
Baseline CD4 count (cells/mm3)
<=350	311	297 (95)	93	1.2 (1–1.4)	0.06	1.1 (0.9–1.3)	0.28
> 350	302	271 (90)	42	1		1
missing	57	20 (35)
Baseline WHO staging
I & II	311	272 (87)	50	1
III & IV	359	316 (88)	57	1 (0.8–1.2)	0.75
Baseline Haemoglobin level
< 11 g%	372	357 (96)	97	1.2 (1.0–1.5)^§	< 0.05	1.0 (0.8–1.2)	0.95
≥11 g%	234	205 (88)	36	1		1
missing	64	26 (41)
Literacy status
Literate	622	553 (89)	53	1.5 (1–2.2)	0.05	1.4 (0.9–2.2)	0.11
Illiterate	36	25 (69)	44	1		1
Missing	12	10 (83)
Pregnancy stage at enrolment
Before delivery	566	539 (95)	102	4.7 (3.5–6.4)^§	< 0.001	4.4 (3.2–6.1)^§	< 0.001
During deivery/Post-partum	104	49 (47)	9	1		1

ART Anti-retroviral therapy, pARV Anti-retroviral prophylaxis, cHR crude Hazard Ratio, aHR Adjusted Hazard Ratio, p p value, 95% CI 95% confident interval, MDY Mandalay
^§Statistically significant
*Characteristics with p < 0.15 in unadjusted analysis were included in adjusted analysis

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