Table 1. Participant social and demographic characteristics by stage of HIV at diagnosis.
| Characteristic | Totaln (%)N = 612 | CD4>250n (%)N = 321 | CD4≤250n (%)N = 291 | p-value |
| Sex | 0.09 | |||
| Male | 227 (37.1) | 109 (48.0) | 118 (52.0) | |
| Female | 385 (62.9) | 212 (55.1) | 173 (44.9) | |
| Age (median = 31; IQR = 26–38) | 0.02 | |||
| 18–30 years | 302 (49.4) | 175 (58.0) | 127 (42.1) | |
| 31–45 years | 262 (42.8) | 121 (46.2) | 141 (53.8) | |
| >45 years | 48 (7.8) | 25 (52.1) | 23 (47.9) | |
| Education | 0.64 | |||
| No formal education | 35 (5.7) | 22 (62.9) | 13 (37.1) | |
| Primary school | 330 (53.9) | 173 (52.4) | 157 (47.6) | |
| Secondary school | 213 (34.8) | 111 (52.1) | 102 (47.9) | |
| Primary or Ordinary Level professional | 4 (0.7) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | |
| Technical/University | 30 (4.9) | 13 (43.3) | 17 (56.7) | |
| Occupation | 0.80 | |||
| Agriculture | 32 (5.2) | 16 (50.0) | 16 (50.0) | |
| Business | 269 (44.0) | 136 (50.6) | 133 (49.4) | |
| Other | 252 (41.2) | 138 (54.4) | 114 (45.2) | |
| Unemployed | 59 (9.6) | 31 (52.5) | 28 (47.5) | |
| Monthly income (median = 60,000 USH; IQR = 10,000–150,000) | 0.41 | |||
| <50,000 | 171 (27.9) | 95 (55.6) | 76 (44.4) | |
| 50,000–100,000 | 97 (15.9) | 49 (50.5) | 48 (49.5) | |
| >100,000 | 134 (21.9) | 65 (48.5) | 69 (51.5) | |
| Don't know | 205 (33.5) | 111 (54.2) | 94 (45.9) | |
| Declined | 5 (0.8) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | |
| Religion | 0.86 | |||
| Protestant | 181 (29.6) | 90 (49.7) | 91 (50.3) | |
| Catholic | 216 (35.3) | 113 (52.3) | 103 (47.7) | |
| Moslem | 109 (17.8) | 61 (56.0) | 48 (44.0) | |
| Saved/Pentecostal | 96 (15.7) | 51 (53.1) | 45 (46.9) | |
| Other | 10 (1.6) | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | |
| Marital status | 0.69 | |||
| Married | 251 (41.0) | 127 (50.6) | 124 (49.4) | |
| Married in the past | 269 (44.0) | 143 (53.2) | 126 (46.8) | |
| Never married | 92 (15.0) | 51 (55.4) | 41 (44.6) | |
| Alcohol consumption history | 0.61 | |||
| Never | 220 (36.0) | 117 (53.2) | 103 (46.8) | |
| Past drinker (>1 year ago) | 115 (18.8) | 55 (47.8) | 60 (52.2) | |
| Current drinker (within 1 year) | 273 (44.7) | 148 (54.2) | 125 (45.8) | |
| Don't know | 3 (0.5) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | |
| AUDIT-C alcohol risk group | 0.57 | |||
| No alcohol | 401 (68.3) | 204 (50.9) | 197 (49.1) | |
| Moderate risk | 110 (18.7) | 60 (54.6) | 50 (45.5) | |
| Hazardous risk | 76 (13.0) | 43 (56.6) | 33 (43.4) |