Predictors of Delayed Entry into Medical Care of Children Diagnosed with HIV Infection: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and multivariable analysis of factors associated with entry into care using competing risk regression of 523 children diagnosed with HIV in Anantapur, India.

	N (%)	SHR
Age
<18 months	65 (12.43)	0.67* (0.49–0.91)
18–59 months	197 (37.67)	1 (Reference)
5–9 years	179 (34.23)	1.05 (0.85–1.29)
10–15 years	82 (15.68)	1.03 (0.80–1.33)
Gender
Female	267 (51.05)	0.79* (0.67–0.94)
Male	256 (48.95)	1 (Reference)
Community
OC	107 (20.46)	0.97 (0.77–1.22)
BC	270 (51.63)	1 (Reference)
SC	117 (22.37)	0.78* (0.64–0.97)
ST	29 (5.54)	1.01 (0.70–1.45)
HIV transmission
Vertical	512 (97.9)	1.58 (0.87–2.89)
Other	11 (2.1)	1 (Reference)
Living near a town
No	328 (62.72)	1 (Reference)
Yes	195 (37.28)	0.94 (0.78–1.13)
Year of diagnosis
2007	109 (20.84)	1 (Reference)
2008	97 (18.55)	1.16 (0.89–1.53)
2009	109 (20.84)	1.10 (0.84–1.46)
2010	92 (17.59)	2.07* (1.63–2.63)
2011	61 (11.66)	1.55* (1.11–2.15)
2012	55 (10.52)	2.05* (1.48–2.83)
Time to ART centre
≤30 min	139 (26.58)	1 (Reference)
31–60 min	96 (18.36)	1.03 (0.81–1.31)
61–90 min	116 (22.18)	0.93 (0.74–1.18)
>90 min	172 (32.89)	0.80* (0.64–0.99)
Status of parents
Alive, rented house	170 (32.5)	0.59* (0.46–0.76)
Alive, owned house	117 (22.37)	1 (Reference)
Father died	119 (22.75)	0.95 (0.75–1.22)
Mother died	51 (9.75)	0.81 (0.58–1.12)
Both died	66 (12.62)	0.83 (0.61–1.14)
Reason for HIV testing
HIV+ mother	481 (91.97)	0.62* (0.48–0.81)
Others	42 (8.03)	1 (Reference)

^∗𝑃 value < 0.05. ART: antiretroviral therapy; BC: backward castes; OC: other castes; SHR: adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio; SC: scheduled castes; ST: scheduled tribes.