. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2008 Jun 3;13(1):42–45. doi: 10.1007/s10461-008-9412-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of fasting `FT' and non fasting `NFT' patients

Characteristic	Fasting (n = 142)	Nonfasting (n = 101)	Test statistic^*
Age (years)	35.5 ± 8.3	37.5 ± 8.8	t = −1.859
Gender (Male/Female)	61/81	56/45	χ² = 3.687
Marital status (Married, n%)	81 (57.0%)	66 (65.4%)	χ² = l.70
Religion
Muslims	142 (100%)	16 (15.8%)	Fisher's
Christians	0 (0%)	85 (84.2%)	Exact^***
Pre-Ramadan weight (kg)	60.4 ± 13.1	63.8 ± 13.5	t = −1.015
Mean Karnofsky performance status, %	75.1 ± 12.6	72.4 ± 15.8	t = +1.517
Pre-Ramadan (On-ART) mean CD4 cell counts/ml	327.0 ± 199.7	301 ± 251.9	t = +0.894
Mean time on ART (months)	16.4 ± 15.3	13.0 ± 13.9	t = +1.596

All test statistics were not significant, P value > 0.05

^***

Significant, P value < 0.01