Research Article

Liver Injury Patterns and Hepatic Toxicity among People Living with and without HIV and Attending Care in Urban Uganda

Table 4

Predictors of liver injury patterns among adults with and without HIV attending outpatient care at Mulago Hospital (2015-2020).

VariableCholestatic liver injuryMixed liver injuryHepatocellular liver injury
OR95% CI valueOR95% CI valueOR95% CI value

Participants without HIV
Male gender0.5(0.1-1.7)0.2911.1(0.3-4.0)0.9060.1(0.01-1.2)0.07
Ever used alcohol4.9(1.0-24.2)0.0545.3(1.1-27.3)0.04313.2(1.0-167.3)0.046
Used herbs in the last 12 months6060.9874980.9871390.988
Total cholesterol1.0(0.9-1.0)0.8881.0(0.9-1.0)0.571.0(0.9-1.1)0.673
LDL-C1.0(0.9-1.1)0.3861.0(0.9-1.1)0.2541.0(0.9-1.1)0.993
1.0(0.9-1.0)0.0671.0(0.9-1.0)0.3531.0(0.9-1.0)0.331
Participants with HIV
Male gender0.6(0.2-2.3)0.5172.0(0.5-7.4)0.2998.7(0.7-113.3)0.098
Increasing age2.3(1.0-5.3)0.0381.1(0.5-2.6)0.7751.1(0.3-4.5)0.915
cART0.6(0.2-2.8)0.5360.9(0.2-4.2)0.9061.8(0.1-25.3)0.662
0.7(0.2-2.2)0.5371.3(0.4-4.4)0.6590.8(0.1-6.1)0.851
Using Septrin prophylaxis0.9860.9860.51.000

Outcome treated as multicategory and base group and/or reference group is participants with no liver injury.