Table 2.

Comparison of demographic and clinical factors by ARV status

Variable	Proportions and means
	On ARVs	No ARVs	Odds ratio	p-value
Sex	Male=59%	Male=36%	2.6	<0.05
Age at enrolment
	µ=4.8 years	µ=4.8 years		0.70
HIV-infected at enrolment	91%	81%	2.5	<0.05
Received PMTCT (sdNVP)	29%	21%	0.6	0.14
WHO stages 3 & 4	85%	34%	11.1	<0.05
Malnutrition present	10%	6%	1.8	<0.05
PCP prophylaxis	98%	99%	0.8	0.51
Admission history*	1%	0.4%	2.7*	0.56
Mean baseline CD4 count	561.8	1058.8		<0.05
Mean baseline CD4 %	13.8	26.2		<0.05

^*One cell had less than 5 members; Fisher's exact p-value quoted. All other p-values are Chi2