Being married (aOR: 4.21; 95 % CI: 1.60-11.06), longer duration of HIV infection (aOR: 22.42; 95 % CI: 2.79-180.01), older age (aOR: 1.26; 95 % CI: 1.1-1.44), Beijing Hukou (aOR: 4.93; 95 % CI: 1.25-19.33), presence of AIDS-like clinical symptoms (aOR: 3.97; 95 % CI: 1.32-14.0), and prior STD (aOR: 4.93; 95 % CI: 1.25-19.43) were associated with a higher likelihood of ART initiation among subgroup of CD4 count ≥350 cells/uL. This evidence concerns the gene CD4 and AIDS.