Table 3 Predictors of duration (days) to initiate ART using multivariate quantile regression analysis.
Variables | Group | First quintile, q (25) | Second quartile, q (50) | Third quartile, q (75) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient [95% CI] | SEb | P | Coefficient [95% CI] | SEb | P | Coefficient [95% CI] | SEb | P | ||
Gender | Male | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Female | − 11.93 [− 15.64, − 8.23] | 1.89 | < 0.001 | − 42.32 [− 56.79, − 27.86] | 7.38 | < 0.001 | − 75.5 [− 101.43, − 49.66] | 13.18 | < 0.001 | |
Education level | Illiterate | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Elementary | 9.2 [4.72, 13.67] | 2.28 | < 0.001 | 63.60 [37.50, 89.71] | 13.32 | < 0.001 | 81 [44.27, 117.73] | 18.74 | < 0.001 | |
Junior high school | 5.6 [1.27, 9.93] | 2.21 | 0.011 | 57.61 [29.13, 86.10] | 14.53 | < 0.001 | 62 [19.96, 104.04] | 21.45 | 0.004 | |
Senior high school | − 0.8 [− 3.70, 2.10] | 1.48 | 0.588 | 22.48 [0.97, 43.98] | 10.97 | 0.040 | − 4.5 [− 31.14, 22.14] | 13.59 | 0.741 | |
Higher-than-diploma | − 6 [− 10.62, − 1.38] | 2.36 | 0.011 | 3.18 [− 25.37, 31.73] | 14.56 | 0.827 | − 27 [− 60.89, 6.89] | 17.29 | 0.118 | |
Year of report | Before 2016 | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
After 2016 | − 50.27 [− 54.59, − 44.94] | 2.72 | < 0.001 | − 463.73 [− 494.67, − 432.81] | 15.78 | < 0.001 | − 1438 [− 1499.44, − 1376.56] | 31.34 | < 0.001 | |
Age | – | − 0.733 [− 0.87, − 0.60] | 0.07 | < 0.001 | − 3.44 [− 4.28, − 2.59] | 0.43 | < 0.001 | − 6 [− 7.78, − 4.21] | 0.91 | < 0.001 |
Injection drug use | No | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Yes | 16.93 [13.33, 20.54] | 1.84 | < 0.001 | 113.95 [77.86, 150.05] | 18.41 | < 0.001 | 386.5 [308.53, 464.47] | 39.78 | < 0.001 | |
Men who have sex with men (MSM) | No | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Yes | 2.33 [− 2.29, 6.96] | 2.36 | 0.323 | − 5.64 [− 19.59, 8.30] | 7.11 | 0.428 | − 58.5 [− 81.86, − 35.14] | 11.92 | < 0.001 | |
Heterosexual | No | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Yes | 2.73 [0.23, 5.24] | 1.28 | 0.033 | − 2.08 [− 13.42, 9.26] | 5.79 | 0.719 | − 18 [− 40.98, 4.98] | 11.73 | 0.125 | |
Having an HIV-positive spouse | No | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Yes | 10.73 [6.05, 15.41] | 2.39 | < 0.001 | 34.38 [18.70, 50.05] | 8.00 | < 0.001 | 8.5 [− 10.47, 27.47] | 9.68 | 0.380 | |
Having a spouse with high-risk behaviors | No | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Yes | − 1 [− 8.90, 6.90] | 4.03 | 0.804 | − 13.97 [− 40.93, 13.00] | 13.76 | 0.310 | − 32.5 [− 57.16, − 7.84] | 12.58 | 0.010 | |
Other routes of transmissionb | No | Reference | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Yes | − 4.6 [− 8.11, − 1.09] | 1.79 | 0.010 | − 24.76 [− 38.42, − 11.10] | 6.97 | < 0.001 | − 55.5 [− 88.32, − 22.68] | 16.74 | 0.001 | |
