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Measuring retention is also easily implementable at facility and population levels, making it pragmatic to monitor ART programme success. However, despite its ubiquitous global use, there is little consistency in the measurement of retention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study retrospectively applied six measures of retention to one cohort of adults (initiating ART after 01\u201009\u20102016, with \u22651 year of observation time to database closure on 30\u201009\u20102022), in a low\u2010resource, high HIV\u2010burden setting in South Africa. Using routine healthcare data from the Western Cape's Provincial Health Data Centre, loss to follow\u2010up (LTFU), fixed\u2010point retention, visit constancy, visit gaps, treatment interruptions and medication possession ratio (MPR) were described over 5 years from initiation. Individuals were considered \u201ccontinuously retained\u201d if they did not experience attrition throughout their observed follow\u2010up. Measures were compared using the proportion misassigned and Cohen's Kappa statistic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The median age of the cohort (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 68,888) was 31 years (interquartile range [IQR] 26\u201338) at initiation, with 69% (47,631\/68,888) female, and a median observed follow\u2010up of 4 years (IQR 3\u20135). Across different measures, retention was low, and declined over time. There was variable overlap; the proportion continuously retained throughout their observed follow\u2010up ranged from 60% (41,268\/68,888 not LTFU) to 32% (22,381\/68,888 MPR \u226580%). Retention by all measures was strongly associated with viral suppression.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>By all measures, large proportions of people in this setting were considered out of ART care during 5 years of observed follow\u2010up time from initiation. This makes retention a critical target for intervention to improve population\u2010level viral suppression and achieve epidemic control. Measuring longitudinal retention revealed that most people disengaged from ART care at some point after initiation. Certain measures of retention (e.g. treatment interruptions) identified people in and out of care with more granularity, whereas blunter measures (e.g. LTFU) misassigned individuals\u2019 retention status and missed patterns of retention over time as people cycled in and out of care between points of measurement. 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