High Initial HIV/AIDS-Related Mortality and -Its Predictors among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in the Kagera Region of Tanzania: A Five-Year Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 2
Mortality rates by sociodemographic and medical characteristics of patients in care and treatment centre in Biharamulo District.
Variable
Number of people (n)
Death
PYAR
MR (Per 100 PYAR)
MRR (95% CI)
P Value‡
Overall
546
47
1089
4.31
3.24–5.74
Sex
Male
226
31
396
7.83
5.51–11.14
0.001
Female
320
16
693
2.30
1.41–3.76
Age at ART start
18–24
137
3
110
2.72
1.12–6.52
0.201
25–34
163
18
386
4.66
2.13–7.90
35–44
188
22
497
4.43
1.80–7.58
>44
58
4
96
4.16
1.32–9.12
Marital Status
Never married
77
8
152
5.27
2.64–10.54
0.050
Marriage
228
17
476
3.57
2.22–5.75
Separated/divorced
155
11
326
3.37
1.87–6.09
Not recorded
86
10
135
7.67
4.13–14.26
Residence
Rural
234
18
601
2.98
1.88–4.73
0.018
Urban
312
29
488
5.96
4.14–8.58
Type of clinic
Hospital
484
45
967
4.65
3.47–6.23
0.131
Lower facility
62
2
122
1.65
0.41–6.56
Body weight (kg)
<45
125
25
247
10.1
4.60–19.58
0.021
45–54
203
9
418
2.15
1.12–4.14
55+
174
12
379
3.16
1.80–5.57
Not recorded
44
1
45
2.22
0.62–8.73
Pre-ART CD4 count
<50
76
10
106
9.41
5.06–17.49
0.030
50–199
260
8
228
3.51
1.75–7.01
200+
102
26
538
4.84
3.29–7.10
No baseline CD4
108
3
217
1.38
0.45–4.28
WHO Pre-ART
1–3
239
8
433
1.84
0.92–3.68
0.001
4
201
30
412
7.28
5.09–10.41
PYAR: person-years at risk; MR: mortality rate; CI: confidence interval, ‡P value from log-rank test.
