Research Article

Poor Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men is Associated with Excess-Type Constitution of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 5

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the risk factor for abnormal CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ ratio.

Independent variablesCD4+CD4+/CD8+ ratio
Adjusted OR (95% CI) valueAdjusted OR (95% CI) value

Years
 20–29----
 30–392.09 (0.75–5.84)0.1581.48 (0.72–3.04)0.288
 40–490.37 (0.06–2.28)0.2821.06 (0.39–2.89)0.904
Education
 Above college----
 Below high school0.88 (0.33–2.36)0.7970.86 (0.44–1.68)0.656
Occupation
 Student----
 Employee0.41 (0.06–2.68)0.3490.75 (0.23–2.41)0.625
 Unemployed1.34 (0.35–5.19)0.6740.57 (0.23–1.42)0.224
 Others0.45 (0.09–2.29)0.3340.51 (0.18–1.47)0.214
Constitutions
 Gentleness----
 Deficiency0.47 (0.14–1.63)0.2321.37 (0.56–3.34)0.492
 Excess1.23 (0.35–4.32)0.7531.61 (0.63–4.12)0.325
 Special diathesis0.47 (0.08–2.81)0.4112.58 (0.74–9.05)0.138
Infected time
 ≤2w----
 >2w∼12m0.26 (0.07–0.99)0.0470.57 (0.13–2.44)0.447
 >1y0.03 (0.01–0.09)<0.0010.07 (0.02–0.23)<0.001

OR: odds ratio.