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Table 3 Effect of sample characteristics on HIV diagnosis among women

From: Cox proportional hazard-model application: time to cervical cancer screening among women living with HIV in South Africa

HIV

Model 1

Model 2

UHR

P Value

95% Confidence Interval

AHR

P Value

95% Confidence Interval

Explanatory variable

CCS

      

No (R.C)

      

Yes

0.81

0.00***

0.72–0.91

0.74

0.00***

0.65–0.85

Sociodemographic variables

Race

Black/African (R.C)

      

White

0.42

0.00***

0.30–0.59

0.3

0.00**

0.21–0.43

Coloured

1

0.97

0.82–1.20

1.09

0.5

0.84–1.41

Indian, Asian, and Other

0.7

0.18

0.41–1.18

0.67

0.17

0.39–1.18

Province

      

Western Cape (R.C)

      

Eastern Cape

1.09

0.52

0.84–1.43

1.34

0.06

0.99–1.82

Northern Cape

1.17

0.32

0.86–1.57

1.1

0.55

0.81–1.49

Free State

1.3

0.06

0.99–1.71

1.47

0.02***

1.07–2.01

KwaZulu-Natal

1.28

0.07

0.98–1.66

1.45

0.02***

1.07–1.98

North West

1.33

0.05

1.00–1.76

1.38

0.05

1.00–1.90

Gauteng

1.52

0.00***

1.15–2.02

1.47

0.02***

1.06–2.03

Mpumalanga

1.38

0.02***

1.05–1.82

1.73

0.00***

1.25–2.38

Limpopo

1.04

0.77

0.80–1.36

1.24

0.19

0.90–1.72

Area of Residence

      

Urban (R.C)

      

Rural

0.87

0.02***

0.78–0.98

0.95

0.49

0.82–1.10

Marriage

      

Not Married (R.C)

      

Married

0.43

0.00***

0.38–0.48

0.5

0.00***

0.44–0.57

Educational Attainment

     

No education (R.C)

      

Primary

1.77

0.00***

1.39–2.25

1.77

0.00***

1.39–2.26

Secondary

3.88

0.00***

3.13–4.81

4.18

0.00***

3.32–5.25

Higher

3.16

0.00***

2.41–4.15

4.44

0.00***

0.27–3.16

Employment

      

Unemployed (R.C)

      

Employed

1.38

0.00***

1.21–1.57

1.06

0.41

0.92–1.22

Health/Risk Factors

Frequency of smoking cigarettes

     

Does not smoke (R.C)

      

Every day

0.89

0.33

0.70–1.13

0.97

0.83

0.75–1.26

Some days

1.28

0.28

0.82–1.99

1.2

0.43

0.76–1.89

Alcohol consumption

    

No (R.C)

      

Yes

1.2

0.01***

1.05–1.37

1.27

0.00***

1.11–1.46

Perception of own health

     

Poor (R.C)

      

Average

1.23

0.03***

1.02–148

1.19

0.08

0.98–1.44

Good

2.11

0.00***

1.76–2.53

1.9

0.00***

1.57–2.30

Excellent

2.84

0.00***

2.25–3.57

2.39

0.00***

1.87–3.04

Health insurance

      

No (R.C)

      

Yes

0.81

0.02***

0.68–0.96

0.75

0.01***

0.61–0.92