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. 2010 Dec;132(6):683–689.

Table II.

Characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients on ART (>6 months) according to HIV type in Khar Clinic (n=443)

Variable HIV-1a n (%) HIV-2 n (%) P valuebc HIV-1&2 n (%) P valuebd
Total 414 25 - 4 -
 Sex
 Females 231 (56) 11 (44) 0.2 0 (0) -
 Males 164 (40) 14 (66) 0.01 4 (100) 0.2
 TG 19 (4) 0 0 -
Age (yr)
 <15 18 (4) 0 (0) - 0 (0)
 15-29 78 (19) 15 (60) <0.001 4 (100)
 30-44 274 (66) 10 (40) <0.001 0 (0)
 45+ 44 (11)
Age, yr, median (IQR) 37 (33-43) 45 (41-49) 0.01 44 (39-43) 0.15
WHO clinical stage
 Stage I or II (CD4<250 cells/µl) 185 (45) 5 (20) 0.01 0 (0) -
 Stage III 128 (31) 12 (48) 0.07 2 (50) 0.7
 Stage IV 101 (21) 8 (32) 0.19 2 (50) 0.8
CD4 count, (cells/µl)
 <50 73 (18) 3 (12) 0.6 0 (0) -
 50-199 244 (59) 21 (84) 0.01 4 (100)) 0.2
 200-349 87 (21) 1 (4) 0.03 0 (0) -
 ≥350 10 (2) 0 (0) - 0 (0) -
 Median (IQR) 189 (72-262) 96 (73-111) 0.03 114 (79-150) 0.4
ART regimen
 2 NRTIs + 1 NNRTI 334 (81) 0 (0) - 0 (0)
 3 NRTIs 5 (1) 10 (40) < 0.001 0 (0)
 2 NRTIs + Pls 75 (18) 15 (60) < 0.001 4 (100) 0.8
ART outcomes
 Alive on ART 333 (80) 25 (100) - 2 (50) -
 Dead 36 (9) 0 (0) 2 (50)
 Lost to follow up 31 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Transferred out 14 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0)

IQR, interquartile range; ART, antiretroviral therapy; WHO, World Health Organization; NRTI, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors;NFV, nelfinavir; LPV/r, lopinavir/ritonavir; IDV, indinavir; NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors;

a

1unknown outcome for HIV-1;

b

X2 test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables;

c

Comparing HIV-1 with HIV- 2;

d

Comparing HIV-1with HIV-1 & 2