Table 2 Ordered logistic regression on adherence for 90, 180, and 365 days of MMTa
From: Adherence among HIV-positive injection drug users undergoing methadone treatment in Taiwan
|  | 90 days b | 180 days c | 365 days d | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |||
Age | 1.02** | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.02** | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.02** | 1.01 | 1.04 |
Gender | |||||||||
 Female (RC) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
 Male | 1.41 | 0.97 | 2.06 | 1.20 | 0.82 | 1.74 | 1.11 | 0.75 | 1.64 |
Education level | |||||||||
  < 9 years (RC) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
  > =9 years | 1.51** | 1.15 | 1.97 | 1.65*** | 1.26 | 2.16 | 1.44* | 1.09 | 1.92 |
Marital status | |||||||||
 Married (RC) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
 Married but separated | 0.73 | 0.40 | 1.31 | 0.48* | 0.26 | 0.89 | 0.38** | 0.20 | 0.74 |
 Single | 0.93 | 0.62 | 1.40 | 0.77 | 0.51 | 1.17 | 0.55** | 0.36 | 0.84 |
 Divorced | 1.27 | 0.84 | 1.93 | 1.10 | 0.71 | 1.68 | 0.76 | 0.49 | 1.18 |
Employment status | |||||||||
 Not employed (RC) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
 Employed | 1.36* | 1.06 | 1.75 | 1.24 | 0.96 | 1.60 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 1.68 |
Case management area | |||||||||
 Taipei metro area (RC) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
 Kaohsiung metro area | 0.76 | 0.56 | 1.02 | 0.61** | 0.45 | 0.83 | 0.55*** | 0.40 | 0.75 |
 Taiwan County | 0.59** | 0.44 | 0.80 | 0.56*** | 0.41 | 0.77 | 0.57** | 0.41 | 0.79 |
MMT mean dosage | |||||||||
  < 60 mg (RC) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
  > =60 mg | 2.58*** | 1.89 | 3.52 | 2.18*** | 1.62 | 2.95 | 1.80*** | 1.33 | 2.43 |
HIV+ diagnosed & in MMT date | |||||||||
 HIV+ before MMT > = 180 days (RC) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
 HIV+ before MMT < 180 days | 0.82 | 0.59 | 1.14 | 0.70* | 0.50 | 0.98 | 0.55** | 0.38 | 0.79 |
 HIV+ after MMT | 0.65** | 0.50 | 0.86 | 0.61** | 0.46 | 0.81 | 0.58*** | 0.43 | 0.78 |