Table 1.

Baseline Patient Characteristics

Variable		No.	%	Median	IQR
Sex	Male	3486	36.0
	Female	6204	64.0
Age at ART initiation (years)	All	9597		34.5	29.2–40.7
	Male	3451		38.8	33.6–44.6
	Female	6146		31.5	27.5–37.6
Weight at ART initiation (kg)	All	9518		58	50.5–66
	Male	3411		62	55–70
	Female	6107		55	48.5–64
CD4+ cell count at ART initiation (cells/mm3)	0–49	1489	15.4	140	77–203
	50–99	1804	18.6
	100–199	3827	39.5
	200–349	2070	21.4
	≥350	500	5.2
Viral load at ART initiation (copies/mL)	Median copies/mL			53162	10 358–181 580
	Median log10 copies/mL			4.7	4.0–5.3
	<1000	811	8.4
	1000–9999	1416	14.6
	10 000–49 999	2193	22.6
	50 000–99 999	1198	12.4
	100 000–999 999	3093	31.9
	≥1 000 000	341	3.5
	Unknown	638	6.6
WHO stage at ART initiation	1	2044	21.1
	2	2831	29.2
	3	2065	21.3
	4	1100	11.4
	Unknown	1650	17.0

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; IQR, interquartile range; WHO, World Health Organization.