Table 2 Associations between prior antiretroviral drug use, pre-treatment drug resistance and virological failure.

From: Previous antiretroviral drug use compromises standard first-line HIV therapy and is mediated through drug-resistance

 

N

Events

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

P-value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P-value

Effect of prior ARV use on PDR a

Any prior ARV use

No

2534

288

1.0

 

1.0

 

Yes

119

29

6.8 (4.3–10.8)

<0.001

7.2 (4.4–11.7)

<0.001

Type of prior ARV use

None

2534

288

1.0

 

1.0

 

ART

58

16

8.3 (4.5–15.3)

<0.001

9.1 (4.8–17.2)

<0.001

sdNVP

39

7

4.4 (1.9–10.2)

0.001

3.3 (1.4–8.1)

0.008

Other

22

6

8.1 (3.1–21.2)

<0.001

15.1 (5.3–42.5)

<0.001

Effect of prior ARV use on VF b

Any prior ARV use

No

1953

190

1.0

 

1.0

 

Yes

86

20

2.7 (1.6–4.6)

<0.001

3.1 (1.6–6.1

0.001

Type of prior ARV use

None

1953

190

1.0

 

1.0

 

ART

4

4

13

3.6 (1.7–7.7)

0.001

3.9 (1.6–9.1)

0.002

sdNVP

29

5

1.9 (0.6–6.0)

0.256

3.1 (0.9–11.0)

0.088

Other

13

2

1.7 (0.6–4.7)

0.317

1.4 (0.5–4.0)

0.562

Logistic regression model including interaction term (prior ARV use* PDR)c

     

0.485

PDR as intermediate on causal pathway d Causal mediation analysis

Natural direct effects (NDE)

  

2.1 (1.2–3.8.)

0.013

2.7 (1.5–5.0)

0.002

Natural indirect effects (NIE)

  

1.4 (0.9–2.3)

0.1340

1.8 (1.0–3.1)

0.059

Controlled direct effect (CDE)

  

2.1 (1.1–4.1)

0.031

2.5 (1.2–5.1)

0.010

Total effects (TE)e

  

3.0(1.6–5.7)

0.001

4.8 (2.3–10.0)

<0.001

Proportion mediated PM = NIE/TE = 38%

Proportion eliminated PE = (TE − CDE)/TE = 48%

  1. Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral combination therapy; ARV, antiretroviral; PDR, pretreatment drug resistance; sdNVP, single-dose nevirapine for PMTCT; VF, virological failure’; NIE, natural indirect effects; NDE, natural direct effects; CDE, controlled direct effects; TE, total effects.
  2. aAdjusted for age, sex, pre-treatment CD4 count, pre-treatment viral load, WHO clinical stage, calendar year of ART initiation, country.
  3. bAdjusted for age, sex, pre-treatment CD4 count, pre-treatment drug resistance, type of ART, calendar year of ART initiation and adherence.
  4. cAdjusted for age, sex, pre-treatment CD4 count, type of ART, calendar year of ART initiation and adherence.
  5. dAdjusted for age, sex, pre-treatment CD4 counts, pre-treatment viral load, type of ART, calendar year of ART initiation and adherence.
  6. eodds ratio for TE i.e. ORTE = ORNDE*ORNIE.