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Table 4 Adjusted correlates of depressive symptoms among 100 newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients in Yaoundé, Cameroon

From: Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms in HIV-positive patients: a cross-sectional study among newly diagnosed patients in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Variables (referent)

Models

OR (p-value)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Age

1.03 (0.28)

-

-

-

-

CD4 cell count*

3.30 (< 0.0001)

2.85 (< 0.0001)

3.12 (< 0.0001)

2.85 (< 0.0001)

2.9 (< 0.0001)

Gender (male)

2.42 (0.23)

1.93 (0.27)

2.05 (0.24)

1.95 (0.20)

-

Marital status (couple)

1.17 (0.78)

0.89 (0.83)

0.88 (0.82)

-

-

Educational level (university)

2.40 (0.24)

-

-

-

-

Employment status (employed)

0.49 (0.39)

1.06 (0.92)

0.95 (0.94)

-

-

Area of residence (urban)

2.25 (0.25)

-

-

-

-

Personal past history of depression (no)

0.55 (0.59)

-

-

-

-

Family past history of depression (no)

0.27 (0.61)

-

-

-

-

Alcohol abuse (no)

44.66 (0.003)

19.79 (0.01)

22.96 (0.0068)

20.0 (0.0084)

19.03 (0.0083)

Antiretroviral treatment (yes)

1.95 (0.28)

-

1.82 (0.31)

-

-

AIC score

109.40

103.24

104.17

99.3

98.9

  1. * expressed by hundreds of cells/mm3. OR adjusted odds ratio, AIC Akaike Information Criterion.