Table 2 Bivariable association between health risk behaviours and clinical factors among Vietnamese HIV positive outpatients (N = 400)
Clinical factors | Unsafe sexual practice | Illicit drug use | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p | OR (95% CI) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p | OR (95% CI) | |
General health status | ||||||||
 Poor/Fair | 33 (14.5) | 194 (85.5) | 0.600 | 1.17 (0.65–2.08) | 11 (4.8) | 216 (95.2) | 0.511 | 0.75 (0.32–1.77) |
 Very good/Good | 22 (12.7) | 151 (87.3) |  | 1 | 11 (6.4) | 162 (93.6) |  | 1 |
Body Mass Index | ||||||||
 Under-weight | 13 (10.7) | 108 (89.3) | 0.369 | 1 | 13 (10.7) | 108 (89.3) | 0.011 | 1 |
 Normal | 35 (14.4) | 208 (85.6) |  | 1.40 (0.71–2.75) | 9 (3.7) | 234 (96.3) |  | 0.32 (0.13–0.77) a |
 Overweight | 7 (19.4) | 29 (80.6) |  | 2.01 (0.73–5.48) | 0 | 36 (100) |  | NA |
Time since HIV diagnosis in years | ||||||||
 Median (IQR) | 5.3 (2.8–6.8) | 5.8 (3.5–6.7) | 0.143 | 0.91 (0.81–1.02) | 4.3 (2.4–6) | 5.8 (3.3–6.7) | 0.101 | 0.87 (0.73–1.04) |
Most recent CD4 cell count | ||||||||
 Median (IQR) | 381 (282–642) | 422 (274–582) | 0.885 | 1.02 (0.91–1.14) b | 412.5 (210–567) | 418.5 (279–587) | 0.593 | 0.94 (0.79–1.13) b |
Time since ARV treatment in years | ||||||||
 Median (IQR) | 3.80 (1.80–5.60) | 4.22 (1.78–6.03) | 0.448 | 0.95 (0.84–1.08) | 2.0 (1.6–5.4) | 4.24 (1.82–5.91) | 0.080 | 0.82 (0.67–1.00) |
Current HIV stage | ||||||||
 1 | 51 (13.9) | 317 (86.1) | 0.484 | 1 | 20 (5.4) | 348 (94.6) | 0.411 | 1 |
 2 | 0 | 10 (100) |  | NA | 0 | 10 (100) |  | NA |
 3 | 3 (17.6) | 14 (82.4) |  | 1.33 (0.37–4.80) | 1 (5.9) | 16 (94.1) |  | 1.09 (0.14–8.62) |
 4 | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) |  | 1.55 (0.17–14.18) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) |  | 4.35 (0.46–40.75) |
Presence of other chronic diseases | ||||||||
 Yes | 13 (13.4) | 84 (86.6) | 0.909 | 0.96 (0.49–1.88) | 5 (5.2) | 92 (94.8) | 0.864 | 0.91 (0.33–2.55) |
 No | 42 (13.9) | 261 (86.1) |  | 1 | 17 (5.6) | 286 (94.4) |  | 1 |
History of delaying ARV treatment | ||||||||
 Yes | 2 (8.3) | 22 (91.7) | 0.757 | 0.56 (0.13–2.45) | 2 (8.3) | 22 (91.7) | 0.634 | 1.60 (0.35–7.29) |
 No | 52 (14) | 320 (86.0) |  | 1 | 20 (5.4) | 352 (94.6) |  | 1 |
History of opportunistic disease diagnosis | ||||||||
 Yes | 32 (12.5) | 225 (87.5) | 0.312 | 0.74 (0.42–1.33) | 16 (6.2) | 241 (93.8) | 0.393 | 1.52 (0.58–3.96) |
 No | 23 (16.1) | 120 (83.9) |  | 1 | 6 (4.2) | 137 (95.8) |  | 1 |
Adherence to HIV medications | ||||||||
 Good | 49 (13.3) | 319 (86.7) | 0.036 | 1 | 20 (5.4) | 348 (94.6) | 0.180 | 1 |
 Average | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) |  | 0.38 (0.05–2.94) | 0 | 18 (100) |  | NA |
 Poor | 5 (35.7) | 9 (64.3) |  | 3.62 (1.16–11.24) | 2 (14.3) | 12 (85.7) |  | 2.90 (0.61–13.85) |