Food elimination, food substitution, and nutrient supplementation among ARV-exposed HIV-positive persons in southern Ghana

Table 2 Background, socio-demographic, and clinical correlates of nutrient supplement use, food elimination and substitution

Attribute	Nutrient supplement use Model 1			Eliminated certain foods due to HIV diagnosis Model 2			Introduced new/substituted foods due to HIV diagnosis Model 3
	AOR	95% CI		AOR	95% CI		AOR	95% CI
	AOR	LB	UB	AOR	LB	UB	AOR	LB	UB
ART site
Atua ART clinic	0.26	0.06	0.61	0.38	0.11	0.95	0.20	0.03	1.20
St Martins de Porres Hospital	0.20	0.05	0.87	0.37	0.10	0.74	0.11	0.02	0.69
Tema General Hospital	8.99	2.37	34.17	0.99	0.17	5.78	0.16	0.02	1.35
Korle Bu Fevers Unit	1.00			1.00			1.00
Sex of respondent
Male	0.39	0.03	4.57	1.83	0.12	28.44	10.23	0.95	71.69
Female	1.00			1.00			1.00
Place of residence
Urban	2.37	0.71	7.91	0.55	0.22	1.41	0.76	0.24	2.48
Rural	1.00			1.00			1.00
Respondent’s level of education
No formal education	1.49	0.16	14.20	0.29	0.03	0.92	0.40	0.04	4.17
Primary	1.02	0.11	9.22	0.20	0.02	1.70	0.67	0.07	6.35
JHS	1.52	0.17	13.73	0.21	0.02	1.85	0.50	0.05	4.86
SHS/vocational	0.82	0.07	9.22	0.16	0.02	1.58	0.68	0.06	7.65
Post secondary/tertiary	1.00			1.00			1.00
Does respondent have an adherence monitor
Yes	0.34	0.12	0.95	1.09	0.36	3.25	0.65	0.16	2.66
No	1.00			1.00			1.00
Physiologic state of female respondent
Pregnant/lactating	1.51	0.67	3.41	1.49	0.77	2.85	1.38	0.68	2.80
Not pregnant	1.00			1.00			1.00
Age categories
< 35	0.85	0.41	1.78	1.17	0.58	2.33	1.22	0.52	2.85
≥ 35	1.00			1.00			1.00
BMI
Underweight	1.24	0.42	3.70	1.33	0.49	3.56	1.85	0.58	5.87
Not underweight	1.00			1.00			1.00
CD4+ cell count
CD4+ cell count < 350	1.08	0.54	2.17	0.83	0.44	1.54	1.12	0.54	2.33
CD4+ cell count ≥ 350	1.00			1.00			1.00
Anemia status
Normal/Hb ≥ 11.0 g/dl	0.75	0.36	1.56	0.89	0.47	1.67	0.47	0.21	0.85
Anemic < 11.0 g/dl	1.00			1.00			1.00

Abbreviations: AOR, adjust odds ratios with accompanying 95% confidence intervals were determined using multiple logistic regression (all variables in this table were included in the model)
Nutrient supplement use model: Model summary Cox and Snell R² (0.176), Nagelkerke R²(0.264), −2 Log likelihood 220.832 (estimation terminated at iteration number 20 because maximum iterations have been reached)
Food elimination model: Model summary Cox and Snell R² (0.125), Nagelkerke R² (0.180), −2 Log likelihood 264.135 (estimation terminated at iteration number 20 because maximum iterations have been reached)
Model for food substitution: Model summary Cox and Snell R² (0.109), Nagelkerke R² (0. 176), −2 Log likelihood 198.231 (estimation terminated at iteration number 6 because parameter estimates changed by less than 0.001)

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