Table 1: Baseline socio-demographic and
clinical characteristics of study participants by art.
Variables |
All subjects (2579) |
ART (n = 2178) |
Pre-ART (n = 401) |
P-value |
||
|
|
Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
1148 (44.5) |
995 |
45.7 |
153 |
38.2 |
0.006 |
Female |
1431 (55.5) |
1183 |
54.3 |
248 |
61.8 |
|
Age in Years (Mean ± sd) |
32.5 ± 9.10 |
32.89 ± 9.01 |
|
30.78 ± 9.32 |
|
0.001 |
Marital Status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Married |
1558 (60.4) |
1286 |
59.0 |
272 |
67.8 |
0.001 |
Never Married |
223 (8.6) |
219 |
10.1 |
4 |
1.0 |
|
Divorced /Separated |
591 (22.9) |
467 |
21.4 |
124 |
30.9 |
|
Widowed |
207 (8.0) |
206 |
9.5 |
1 |
0.2 |
|
Literacy Status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Illiterate |
414 (16.1) |
396 |
18.2 |
18 |
4.5 |
0.001 |
Primary |
1700 (65.9) |
1346 |
61.8 |
354 |
88.3 |
|
Secondary and above |
465 (18.0) |
436 |
20.0 |
29 |
7.2 |
|
Baseline functional Status
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ambulatory |
847 (32.8) |
815 |
37.4 |
32 |
8.0 |
0.001 |
Bedridden |
379 (14.7) |
119 |
5.5 |
260 |
64.8 |
|
Working |
1353 (52.5) |
1244 |
57.1 |
109 |
27.2 |
|
Baseline Weight (Mean ±
sd) |
52.22 ± 9.13 |
52.22 ± 9.92 |
|
52.25 ± 1.48 |
|
0.949 |
WHO stage |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stage I |
200 (7.8) |
199 |
9.1 |
1 |
0.2 |
0.001 |
Stage II |
415 (16.1) |
334 |
15.3 |
81 |
20.2 |
|
Stage III |
1749 (67.8) |
1431 |
65.7 |
318 |
79.3 |
|
Stage IV |
215 (8.3) |
214 |
9.8 |
1 |
0.2 |
|
CD4 count at baseline
(cells/µL) Mean ± sd |
164.02 ± 117.84 |
163.99 ± 128.23 |
|
164.18 ± 5.27 |
|
0.976 |
Hemoglobin (g/dl) Mean
± sd |
12.32 ± 1.84 |
12.32 ± 1.97 |
|
12.31 ± 0.69 |
|
0.875 |
CPT initiation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Before |
230 (8.9) |
230 |
10.6 |
0 |
0 |
0.001 |
With ART |
2349 (91.1) |
1948 |
89.4 |
401 |
100 |
|
INH initiation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO |
2128 (82.5) |
1727 |
79.3 |
401 |
100 |
0.001 |
Before ART |
65 (2.5) |
65 |
3.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
After ART |
386 (15.0) |
386 |
17.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
ART:
Antiretroviral Therapy; WHO: World Health Organization; CPT: Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Treatment; IPT: Isoniazid Preventive
Therapy