Table 1. Characteristics of 236 hospitalized children under 18 months old with an HIV-1 serological positive test in Rwanda.
| Characteristics (N = 236) | Proportion or mean | % |
| Gender (M/F) | 131/105 | 55.5/44.5 |
| Average age | 9 months (range 20 days-18 months) | |
| HIV PCR positive | 124 | 52.5 |
| WHO clinical stage I* | 27 | 11.4 |
| WHO clinical stage II | 22 | 9.3 |
| WHO clinical stage III | 57 | 24.2 |
| WHO clinical stage IV | 130 | 55.1 |
| Severe malnutrition | 123 | 52.1 |
| Septicemia | 66 | 28 |
| Thrush | 85 | 36 |
| Pneumonia | 99 | 41.9 |
| low CD4 cell count | 93 | 39.4 |
*
ref [11].