High Loss to Followup and Early Mortality Create Substantial Reduction in Patient Retention at Antiretroviral Treatment Program in North-West Ethiopia

Table 5

Cox-proportional Hazard Model of association between baseline characteristics and death and loss to followup among AIDS patients on ART at University of Gondar Hospital ART Program, from March 2005 to August 2010.

Baseline characteristics	Outcome death	Outcome LTFU
	AHR (95% CI)	AHR (95% CI)
Gender
Male	3.26 (2.19–4.88)	0.95 (0.72–1.25)
Female	1.00	1.00
WHO stage
Stage I or II	1.00	0.86 (0.53–1.40)
Stage III or IV	0.68 (0.34–1.16)	1.00
CD4 count (cells/μL)
<200	5.02 (2.03–12.39)	1.33 (0.95–1.88)
≥200	1.00
Functional status
Functional	1.00	1.00
Ambulatory	2.20 (1.30–3.70)	1.65 (1.22–2.23)
Bed ridden	12.88 (8.19–20.26)	0.87 (0.52–1.43)
Tuberculosis at ART initiation
Yes	2.91 (2.11–4.02)	0.88 (0.63–1.22)
No	1.00	1.00