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. 2023 Nov 30;23:1331. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10215-1

Table 4.

End of follow up HIV treatment outcomes and last known viral load, participants stratified by sex and enrolment pre-EAT or concurrently with EAT

SCI living with HIV Enrolled in HIV Care Pre-EAT Enrolled in HIV Care Concurrently with Enrolment in EAT P-value
Totala N = 75 Malesa N = 21 Femalesa N = 39 Totala N = 60 Malesa N = 8 Femalesa N = 7 Totala N = 15
ART Regimen
 First line 66 17 34 51 8 7 15
 Second line 9 4 5 9 0 0 0
Viral load measure ever?
 Yes 64 19 37 56 4 4 8
 No 11 2 2 4 4 3 7
Viral load measure during EAT?
 Yes 58 16 34 50 4 4 8
 No 17 5 5 10 4 3 7
Viral load at final measure during the study perioda n = 58 n = 16 n = 34 n = 50 n = 4 n = 4 n = 8
 < 200 copies / ml 40 10 24 34 4 2 6
 < 1000 copies / ml 4 1 3 4 0 0 0
 > 1000 copies / ml 14 5 7 12 0 2 2
Median time (months) to ART initiation from enrolment in care (IQR) 3 (0–34) 6(0–39) 6(0–35) 6(0–38) 0 0 0  < 0.001
Median time (months) to first episode of viral suppression from ART initiation (IQR)b 9(6–25) 7(4–54) 11(8–30) 11(7–38) 6(6–6) 5(5–6) 6(5–6) 0.003

aNumbers in the three rows below total to the value denoted by “n”, the number of participants who had a viral load measure during the study period

bComparison of median time using the Wilcoxon rank sum test

Bold values indicate statistical significance