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. 2011 Mar;16(3):356–359. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02712.x

Table 2.

Prevalence of HIV-related eye disease within different risk groups in Cape Town and Mumbai populations

Overall study population Participants with CD4 count <200 cells/μl Participants staged at WHO clinical stage 3 or 4



Prevalence % (95% confidence interval), n Cape Town (n = 157) Mumbai (n = 149) P Cape Town (n = 120) Mumbai (n = 84) P Cape Town (n = 99) Mumbai (n = 83) P
Overall HIV ocular disease 12.1% (7.4–18.3) 17.5% (11.7–24.5) 0.19 13.3% (7.8–20.7) 23.8% (15.2–34.3) 0.05 15.5% (8.7–23.8) 27.2% (18.4–38.6) 0.05
19 26 16 20 15 23
Overall retinal opportunistic infections 2.6% (0.7–6.4) 11.4% (6.8–17.6) 0.003 2.5% (0.5–7.1) 15.5% (8.5–25.0) 0.001 4.0% (1.1–10.0) 19.3% (11.4–29.4) 0.001
4 17 3 13 4 16
 Cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) 1.3% (0.1–4.5) 8.7% (4.7–14.4) 0.003 0.8% (0.02–4.5) 11.9% (5.8–20.8) 0.001 2.0% (0.2–7.1) 14.4% (7.7–23.9) 0.002
2 13 1 10 2 12
 Ocular TB and toxoplasmosis 1.3% (0.1–4.5) 2.7% (0.7–6.7) 0.38 1.6% (0.2–5.9) 3.6% (0.7–10.0) 0.39 2.0% (0.2–7.1) 4.8% (1.3–11.8) 0.29
2 4 2 3 2 4
Other conditions
 Optic neuropathy 3.8% (1.4–8.1) 2.0% (0.4–5.8) 0.5 4.2% (1.4–9.5) 0 (0) 0.08 4.0% (1.0–10.0) 2.4% (0.3–8.4) 0.69
6 3 5 4 2
 HIV retinopathy 5.1% (2.2–9.8) 4.7% (1.9–9.4) 0.87 5.0% (1.9–10.6) 8.3% (3.4–16.4) 0.34 5.1% (1.7–11.4) 6.0% 2.0–13.5 0.77
8 7 6 7 5 5

*NB – participants could have more than one condition, so values within subsets may not reflect overall total.

Retinal opportunistic infections: CMVR, choroidal TB, toxoplasmosis.