Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Virol. Sep 25, 2024; 13(3): 96416
Published online Sep 25, 2024. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v13.i3.96416
Table 1 Analysis of variables with absolute number and relative percentage and Poisson regression with robust simple variance of each variable in relation to the steps of the cascade of patients diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus in the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital, n (%)/95%CI

Total
Linked
P value
Retained
P value
On ART
P value
HIV-VL suppressed
P value
Total534500 (93.6)455 (85.2)368 (68.9)308 (57.6)
Gender
Female303 (56.7)284 (93.7)0.917264 (87.1)0.161198 (65.3)0.039162 (53.5)0.023
1.00 (0.95-1.04)1.05 (0.97-1.13)0.88 (0.79-0.99)0.84 (0.73-0.97)
Male231 (43.3)216 (93.5)191 (82,7)170 (73,6)146 (63,2)
1.001.001.001.00
Age (yr)
18-29 154 (28.8)148 (96.1)0.252129 (83.8)0.42092 (59.7)0.00070 (45.5)
0.000
1.03 (0.97-1.10)0.96 (0.86-1.06)0.73 (0.63-0.86)0.63 (0.51-0.78)
30-49 270 (50.6)250 (92.6)0.964230 (85.2)0.585187 (69.3)
0.012159 (58.9)
0.011
0.99 (0.93-1.06)0.97 (0.89-1.06)0.85 (0.75-0.96)0.82 (0.70-0.95)
> 50 110 (20.6)102 (92.7)96 (87.3)89 (80.9)79 (71.8)
1.01.01.01.0
Race
White374 (70.0)348 (93.0)319 (85.3)266 (71.1)255 (60.2)
1.01.01.01.0
Not white160 (30.0)152 (95.0 )0.367136 (85.0)0.930102 (63.7)0.10883 (51.9)0.089
1.02 (0.97-1.06)0.99 (0.92-1.07)0.89 (0.78-1.02)0.86 (0.72-1.02)
Education
Illiterate16 (3.0)12 (75)0.18811 (68.8)0.1039 (56.3)0.0317 (43.8)
0.064
0.80 (0.58-1.11)0.74 (0.51-1.06)0.60 (0.38-0.95)0.55 (0.30-1.03)
Elementary School367 (68.7)346 (94.3)0.840310 (84.5)0.221246 (67.0)0.000202 (55.0)0.016
1.01 (0.87-1.17)0.91 (0.78-1.05)0.72 (0.61-0.84)0.70 (0.52-0.93)
High School136 (25.5)128 (94.1)0.861120 (88.2)0.52699 (72.8)0.00787 (64.0)
0.181
1.01 (0.87-1.17)0.95 (0.81-1.11)0.78 (0.65-0.93)0.81 (0.60-1.10)
University Education14 (2.6)13 (92.9)13 (92.9)13 (92.9)11 (78.6)
1.01.01.01.0
City of origin
Porto Alegre370 (69.3)350 (94.6)312 (84.3)249 (67.3)210 (56.8)
1.01.01.01.0
Metropolitan region128 (24.0)118 (92.2)
0.367112 (87.5)
0.35894 (73.4)0.17579 (61.7)
0.313
0.97(0.92-1.03)1.03 (0.95-1.12)1.09 (0.96-1.23)1.08 (0.92-1.28)
Countryside36 (6.7)32 (88.9)0.30231 (86.1)0.76625 (69.4)0.78719 (52.8)0.658
0.94 (0.83-1.05)1.02 (0.88-1.17)1.03 (0.82-1.29)0.93 (0.67-1.28)
Follow-up site
HNSC236 (51.8)236 (100)225 (95.3)197 (83.5)172 (72.9)
1.01.01.01.0
External220 (48.2)219 (99.5)0.317209 (95.0)0.866169 (76.8)0.07135 (61.4)0.010
0.99 (0.98-1.00)0.99 (0.95-1.03)0.92 (0.83-1.00)0.84 (0.73-0.95)