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