Research Article

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Cytopenia in HIV-Infected Patients before and after the Initiation of HAART

Table 5

The risk factors of cytopenia with persistent cytopenia after 24 months HAART.

dfUnivariate analysis, OR (95% CI) valueMultivariate analysis, OR (95% CI) value

AZT1
 NoRefRef
 Yes4.89 (1.49, 16.07)0.0093.71 (1.16, 11.9)0.009
Sex1
 MaleRefRef
 Female5.42 (2.35, 12.5)<0.0015.54 (2.47, 12.42)<0.001
HBV-coinfection1
 NoRefRef
 Yes3.8 (1.05, 13.95)0.0424.84 (1.47, 15.91)0.01
CD4+T-cell counts at baseline1
 ≥200RefRef
 <2002.47 (1.04, 5.85)0.042.42 (1.2, 4.86)0.013
CD4+ T-cell counts at 24 months of HAART1
 ≥200Ref
 <2000.58 (0.23, 1.48)0.257
WHO stage at baseline30.4
 IRef
 II1.13 (0.51, 2.5)0.77
 III4.37 (0.93, 20.54)0.124
 IV0.72 (0.12, 4.21)0.72
Age1
 <40Ref
 ≥400.97 (0.44, 2.15)0.93
D4T1
 NoRef
 Yes1.4 (0.72, 2.73)0.32
HCV-coinfection1
 NoRef
 Yes1.01 (0.1, 9.96)0.993

Note: df, degree of freedom; WHO, World Health Organization; BMI, body mass index; Ref, reference; D4T, stavudine; AZT, zidovudine.