Table 3:

Predictors of uptake of 4 weeks or more of antenatal combination antiretroviral therapy, 2011–2016

VariableOR (95% CI)
UnivariateMultivariate
Maternal risk category
Heterosexual v. injection drug use2.09 (1.28–3.42)1.55 (0.77–3.11)
Perinatal v. injection drug use1.10 (0.31–3.86)0.77 (0.21–2.82)
Other* v. injection drug use4.21 (0.56–31.93)1.61 (0.28–9.17)
Maternal race/ethnicity
Black v. Indigenous2.16 (1.30–3.59)2.99 (1.23–7.26)
White v. Indigenous1.19 (0.66–2.13)1.60 (0.69–3.70)
Other v. Indigenous2.46 (0.85–7.18)2.12 (0.65–6.87)
Black v. white1.82 (1.04–3.19)1.87 (0.99–1.27)
Province/territory
British Columbia/Yukon Territory v. Alberta2.45 (0.89–6.74)3.31 (1.06–10.32)
British Columbia/Yukon Territory v. Saskatchewan2.32 (0.81–6.68)1.33 (0.42–4.24)
British Columbia/Yukon Territory v. Manitoba1.99 (0.61–6.44)2.14 (0.63–7.29)
British Columbia/Yukon Territory v. Ontario1.98 (0.76–5.16)3.16 (1.08–9.26)
British Columbia/Yukon Territory v. Quebec1.88 (0.67–5.30)3.44 (1.09–10.84)
British Columbia/Yukon Territory v. Atlantic provinces5.68 (0.56–58.08)5.48 (0.10–314.49)
Infant birth year1.05 (0.93–1.19)1.10 (0.96–1.27)
Gestational age at birth1.07 (0.99–1.15)1.04 (0.95–1.14)
  • Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.

  • * Refers to infection acquired via transfusion or other less-common mechanisms.

  • All other pairwise comparisons between provinces were nonsignificant.

  • Per year increase.