Table 1.
Baseline characteristics at 6 and 12 months of a cohort of people with HIV in central Haiti
| Subjects with 6-month follow-up | Subjects with 12-month follow-up | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Food group (N = 251) |
Food Assistance group (N = 237) |
P value | No Food group (N = 125) |
Food Assistance group (N = 215) |
P value | |||||
| Age, mean yrs (SD) | 35 | (9) | 37 | (10) | 0.12 | 36 | (10) | 37 | (10) | 0.26 |
| Female, N (%) | 149 | 59.4% | 144 | 60.8% | 0.75 | 74 | 59.2% | 126 | 58.6% | 0.91 |
| Proportion of monthly income spent on food*, N (%) | 0.80 | 0.68 | ||||||||
| None | 22 | 8.8% | 28 | 11.8% | _ | 10 | 8.0% | 25 | 11.6% | _ |
| Small amount | 13 | 5.2% | 10 | 4.2% | _ | 7 | 5.6% | 8 | 3.7% | _ |
| Half | 28 | 11.2% | 29 | 12.2% | _ | 13 | 10.4% | 27 | 12.6% | _ |
| Most | 72 | 28.7% | 65 | 27.4% | _ | 38 | 30.4% | 58 | 27.0% | _ |
| All | 112 | 44.6% | 101 | 42.6% | _ | 55 | 44.0% | 94 | 43.7% | _ |
| ART group, N (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| No ART | 106 | 42.2% | 42 | 17.7% | _ | 47 | 37.6% | 40 | 18.6% | _ |
| On ART ≥ 1 yr | 134 | 53.4% | 145 | 61.2% | _ | 69 | 55.2% | 130 | 60.5% | _ |
| On ART < 1 yr | 11 | 4.4% | 50 | 21.1% | _ | 9 | 7.2% | 45 | 20.9% | _ |
| Female-headed household*, N (%) | 123 | 49.0% | 112 | 47.3% | 0.67 | 63 | 50.4% | 102 | 47.4% | 0.58 |
| Literate*, N (%) | 148 | 59.0% | 127 | 53.6% | 0.25 | 75 | 60.0% | 119 | 55.3% | 0.43 |
| Number sharing household meals, mean (SD) | 6.7 | (2.9) | 6.1 | (2.9) | 0.035 | 6.8 | (2.9) | 6.3 | (2.9) | 0.18 |
| Food insecurity score**, mean (SD) | 13.9 | (3.9) | 15.4 | (3.9) | <0.0001 | 14.0 | (4.1) | 15.3 | (3.9) | 0.003 |
| Body mass index†, mean kg/m2 (SD) | 22.4 | (2.7) | 20.4 | (3.2) | <0.0001 | 22.5 | (3.0) | 20.2 | (3.0) | <0.0001 |
SD = standard deviation
ART = antiretroviral therapy
* sample size varies due to missing survey responses
** range 0 (best food security) to 20 (worst food insecurity
† Body mass index range: ≤18.5 = underweight; 18.5-24.9 = normal; ≥25.0 = overweight