Table 2.

Mortality Rates.

Variable	Early Antiretroviral Therapy (N = 252)	Deferred Antiretroviral Therapy (N = 125)	Total (N = 377)	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)*	P Value
Deaths — no. (%)	10 (4)	20 (16)	30 (8)	0.24 (0.11–0.51)	<0.001
Person-years of follow-up — no.	205	94	299
Overall death rate per 100 person-years — % (95% CI)	4.9 (2.3–9.0)	21.2 (13.0–32.7)	10.0 (6.8–14.3)
Rate of death during follow-up — % (95% CI)
0–13 wk	9.8 (3.6–21.4)	40.6 (21.0–71.0)
>13–26 wk	3.7 (0.4–13.2)	19.7 (6.4–45.9)
>26–52 wk	3.1 (0.4–11.2)	6.8 (0.8–24.7)

^*Hazard ratios for death are for the comparison of the early-therapy groups with the deferred-treatment group.