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Edwin Nuwagira

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• Research Article
  Predictors of Loss to Follow up among HIV Infected Patients Initiated on Second Line ART in Southwestern Uganda
  Author(s): Nuwagira E, Rhoda Winnie M, Amir A and Muzoora CNuwagira E, Rhoda Winnie M, Amir A and Muzoora C
  
  Background: There is an increasing need for second-line therapy in resource-limited settings in sub-Saharan African countries. We sought to describe the one-year incidence of loss to follow up and mortality among patients taking second line ART at an experienced ART program in southwestern Uganda. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital mHIV clinic among adults who started second line ART between 2002 and 2017. We assessed social-demographic, clinical and laboratory variables routinely collected at the initiation of msecond line ART. Variables that had a p<0.05 in unadjusted bivariate analyses were included into a multivariate binomial regression model using a step wise backward selection procedure to describe the factors that independently predicted loss to follow up and mortality at p<.. View More»
  

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