Table 1.

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in 282 women initiating HAART in Cameroon

Characteristic	Level	N	%
Marital status	Never married	60	21.3
	Married monogamous	56	19.9
	Married polygamous	13	4.6
	Living with a partner	30	10.6
	Separated	31	11.0
	Divorce	16	5.7
	Widow	76	26.9
Education	None	14	5.0
	Primary	135	47.9
	Secondary	121	42.9
	Tertiary	12	4.3
Residence	Urban	207	73.4
	Rural	75	26.6
Previous use of hormonal pills	Yes	67	23.8
	No	215	76.2
Exposure to tobacco smoke	No	141	50.0
	Active	7	2.5
	Passive	133	47.2
	Missing	1	0.3
WHO HIV clinical stage	I	8	2.8
	II	46	16.3
	III	168	59.6
	IV	60	21.3
Previous Pap smear	No	269	95.4
	Yes	6	2.1
	Don’t know/missing	7	2.5
Lifetime sex partners	1	9	3.2
	2	29	10.3
	3	56	19.9
	4	34	12.1
	5	35	12.4
	6+	71	25.2
	Missing	48	17.0
Sex partners since HIV diagnosis	0	127	45.0
	1	136	48.2
	2+	19	6.8
Lifetime condom use	Never	102	36.2
	Less than 50% of the time	138	48.9
	More than 50% of the time	39	13.8
	Always	3	1.1
Condom use since HIV diagnosis	Never	29	10.3
	Less than 50% of the time	37	13.1
	More than 50% of the time	19	6.7
	Always	69	24.5
	No new partner/missing	128	45.4
History of genital warts	No	140	49.6
	Yes	20	7.1
	Don’t Know/missing	122	43.3