Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 323 participants in the HIV-SN study.
| Variables | All N = 323 |
HAART treated N = 142 | HAART naïve N = 181 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 105 (32.5%) | 45 (31.7%) | 60 (33.1%) | 0.81 |
| Female | 218 (67.5%) | 97 (68.3%) | 121 (66.9%) | |
| Mean age ± SD (years) | 36.7 ± 9.8 | 38.3 ± 10.8 | 35.5 ± 8.7 | 0.009 |
| Age category >40 years | 9 (30.0%) | 51 (52.6%) | 48 (49.5%) | 0.09 |
| Mean height ± SD, metres | 1.61 ± 0.08 | 1.59 ± 0.07 | 1.62 ± 0.09 | 0.000 |
| Height category >1.7 metres | 44 (13.6%) | 4 (2.8%) | 40 (22.1%) | 0.000 |
| Mean CD4 count ± SD, cells/mm3 | 214.5 ± 153.4 | 246.1 ± 152.2 | 189.7 ± 150.1 | 0.001 |
| CD4 count >200, cells/mm3 | 147 (45.5%) | 81 (57.0%) | 66 (36.5%) | 0.000 |
| CD4 count ≤200, cells/mm3 | 176 (54.5%) | 61 (43.0%) | 115 (63.5%) |