Pediatric HIV Disclosure in Northern India: Evaluation of Its Prevalence, Perceptions amongst Caregivers, and Its Impact on CLHIV

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate ordinal regression to assess factors associated with disclosure.

	Univariate Ordinal Regression			Multivariate Ordinal Regression
	Odds ratio	95% C.I. for Odds ratio	P value	Odds ratio	95% C.I. for Odds ratio	P value
Age	1.97	1.56-2.48	<0.001	3.33	2.08-5.32	<0.001
Duration of taking ART	1.19	1.05-1.35	<0.01	1.08	0.83-1.40	0.57
CD4 count	1.00	1.00-1.00	0.07
Sex
Female	Reference
Male	0.95	0.46-1.99	0.90
Father’s HIV status
Negative	Reference
Positive	0.66	0.28-1.55	0.34
Mother’s HIV status
Negative	Reference
Positive	0.62	0.20-1.91	0.41
Father’s living status
Alive	Reference
Dead	2.69	1.23-5.87	0.01	3.86	0.83-17.96	0.09
Mother’s living status
Alive	Reference
Dead	0.80	0.37-1.73	0.57
WHO Stage of CLHIV
I	Reference
II	0.91	0.39-2.15	0.83
III	0.55	0.11-2.78	0.47
IV	1.28	0.20-8.00	0.80
Mode of acquisition of HIV
Blood transfusion	Reference
Intravenous drugs	0.60	0.04-8.73	0.71
Vertical	1.61	0.31-8.29	0.57
Unknown	0.00		1.00