Table 3 Factors affecting durable viral suppression

Sex (ref. male)

Female

26,402

1.3

1.1 ~ 1.5

0.0004

1.1

0.9 ~ 1.3

0.3893

Age (ref. > 50)

< 20

6,564

2.2

1.7 ~ 2.8

< 0.0001

2.9

2.2 ~ 3.9

< 0.0001

20–29

12,938

1.6

1.3 ~ 1.9

< 0.0001

2.3

1.9 ~ 2.9

< 0.0001

30–39

5,718

1.3

1.1 ~ 1.6

0.0104

1.7

1.4 ~ 2.1

< 0.0001

40–49

1,868

1

0.8 ~ 1.3

0.8294

1.2

0.9 ~ 1.5

0.208

Educational level (ref. college or higher)

Senior high school or lower

11,494

2.2

2.0 ~ 2.4

< 0.0001

1.7

1.6 ~ 1.9

< 0.0001

Risk factor (ref. MSM)

IDU

3,718

2.6

2.4 ~ 2.8

< 0.0001

1.2

1.1 ~ 1.4

0.0018

Heterosexual

3,714

1

0.9 ~ 1.1

0.3725

1

0.9 ~ 1.1

0.8274

Other factors

44

1.6

0.7 ~ 3.7

0.2392

0.8

0.3 ~ 2.0

0.5677

Residence (ref. Taipei region)

Northern region

3,919

1.6

1.5 ~ 1.8

< 0.0001

1.2

1.1 ~ 1.4

0.0024

Central region

4,611

1.5

1.4 ~ 1.7

< 0.0001

1.5

1.3 ~ 1.7

< 0.0001

Southern region

2,702

1.6

1.4 ~ 1.8

< 0.0001

1.3

1.2 ~ 1.5

< 0.0001

Kaohsiung and Pingtung region

4,660

1.6

1.5 ~ 1.8

< 0.0001

1.4

1.2 ~ 1.6

< 0.0001

Eastern region

481

3

2.4 ~ 3.7

< 0.0001

2.6

2.0 ~ 3.3

< 0.0001

Hospital level (ref. medical centre)

Regional hospital

11,654

1.5

1.4 ~ 1.6

< 0.0001

1.4

1.3 ~ 1.5

< 0.0001

Local hospital

566

3.9

3.2 ~ 4.6

< 0.0001

2.3

1.9 ~ 2.9

< 0.0001

Continual care (ref. No)

Yes

25,928

0.1

0.1 ~ 0.1

< 0.0001

0.1

0.1 ~ 0.1

< 0.0001

CD4 level at the beginning of this study (ref. <350)

> 350

22,530

0.2

0.2 ~ 0.3

< 0.0001

0.3

0.3 ~ 0.3

< 0.0001