Retention and Viral Suppression among Adolescents Newly Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Adult HIV Care in Lima, Peru: a Retrospective Cohort Study.

A retrospective cohort study of 184 adolescents who initiated antiretroviral therapy for the first time in the adult HIV service of a public sector hospital in Lima was conducted. The frequency of sustained retention with viral suppression decreased from 42% (month 12) to 35% (month 24), and to 20% (month 36). In multivariate analysis, working and/or studying was inversely associated with successful transition at 12 months, while the number of known living parents (RR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.12-4.34) and absence of social risk factors (RR:1.68; 95% CI: 0.91-3.11) were associated with successful transition at 24 months.