Prognostic Factors of Mortality among Adult Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in India: A Hospital Based Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Multivariable Cox regression analysis of prognostic factors of mortality among HIV patients after starting ART (n=285).

Characteristics	Unadjusted HR	95% CI of unadjusted HR		P value	Adjusted HR	95% CI of Adjusted HR		P value
		Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper
Presence of opportunistic infections before starting ART	3.504	1.691	7.26	<0.001	2.251	1.047	4.839	0.038
Presence of tuberculosis before starting ART	6.872	3.31	14.266	<0.001	2.22	1.074	4.592	0.031
Functional status at baseline	4.06	2.037	8.093	<0.001	0.644	0.442	0.936	0.021
WHO clinical staging of HIV at baseline	4.624	2.295	9.314	<0.001	1.266	0.965	1.66	0.089
Unsatisfactory adherence to treatment	3.013	1.067	8.511	0.03	2.564	1.001	6.571	0.05
History of alcohol usage after starting ART	4.51	1.795	11.332	0.001	1.348	1.02	1.781	0.036