Non-initiation of hepatitis C virus antiviral therapy in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus co-infection

Table 3 Multivariate analyses for associations between characteristics and reasons for hepatitis C virus non-treatment

Variable	Non-modifiable medical reason	Potentially modifiable medical reason	Non-medical reason
	aOR (95%CI)	aOR (95%CI)	aOR (95%CI)
Age (yr)	1.00 (0.96-1.05)	0.93 (0.87-0.98)	0.99 (0.94-1.04)
Gender
Female	Ref	Ref	Ref
Male	1.07 (0.47-2.43)	0.77 (0.30-1.95)	1.57 (0.66-3.71)
Race/ethnicity
Caucasian	Ref	Ref	Ref
African-American	1.47 (0.57-3.80)	0.72 (0.25-2.09)	0.90 (0.32-2.52)
Hispanic/other	1.94 (0.34-11.18)	1.65 (0.14-18.83)	0.46 (0.08-2.88)
Insurance
Private	Ref	Ref	Ref
Public	1.30 (0.39-4.27)	2.27 (0.65-7.93)	0.69 (0.15-3.10)
None	0.64 (0.19-2.05)	1.13 (0.34-3.76)	0.44 (0.13-1.56)
Other	0.82 (0.32-3.13)	3.03 (0.59-15.6)	0.50 (0.09-2.68)
HIV-1 RNA log10	1.08 (0.79-1.49)	0.95 (0.67-1.34)	1.11 (0.80-1.56)
CD4	0.99 (0.99-1.00)	1.00 (0.99-1.00)	0.99 (0.99-1.00)
Prior AIDS-defining clinical condition	0.46 (0.09-2.37)	0.58 (0.10-3.28)	1.49 (0.15-14.65)

aOR: Adjusted odds ratio; HIV: Human immuno-deficiency virus; AIDS: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.