Research Article

Time to First-Line Antiretroviral Treatment Failure and Its Predictors among HIV-Positive Children in Shashemene Town Health Facilities, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2019

Table 5

The overall predictors of time to first-line treatment failure among children started ART.

VariablesCategoryAHR (95% CI) value

SexMale1
Female1.07 (0.37–3.02)0.9

Hgb levelAnemia2.28 (0.77–6.78)0.14
No anemia1

TB resultPositive1.30 (0.45–3.71)0.63
Negative

Baseline CD4 countBelow threshold level1.13 (0.29–9.96)0.91
Normal

Baseline WHO stageStages 1 and 21
Stages 3 and 45.69 (2.07–15.66)0.001

Treatment regimeNonnevirapine1
Nevirapine2.72 (1.13–6.54)0.02