Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients (n=1154) who enrolled in the ART programme between 2004 and 2009
| Variable | N (%) | Median (IQR) | |
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| Gender | Women | 752 (65.2) | |
| Men | 402 (34.8) | ||
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| Age (years) | 31.9 (27.3; 37.5) | ||
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| Residents in the study township | Yes | 1102 (95.5) | |
| No | 40 (3.5) | ||
| Unknown | 12 (1.0) | ||
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| Transferred in from another ART service |
No | 1046 (90.6) | |
| Yes | 108 (9.4) | ||
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| Year of initiating ART | 2004 | 137 (11.9) | |
| 2005 | 242 (21.0) | ||
| 2006 | 279 (24.2) | ||
| 2007 | 153 (13.3) | ||
| 2008 | 155 (13.4) | ||
| 2009 | 188 (16.3) | ||
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| WHO clinical stage1 | 1 | 106 (9.3) | |
| 2 | 166 (14.5) | ||
| 3 | 585 (51.1) | ||
| 4 | 287 (25.1) | ||
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| Baseline CD4 (cell/μl)2 | 122 (54; 190) | ||
1
10 missing values
2
114 missing values