Table 2.
Baseline characteristic of HIV-positive clinic attendees recruited to cohort study
| Women (n = 211) | Men (n = 69) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pregnant (ANC clinic) | 121 | 57.3% | n/a | n/a | – |
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 27 | 23–31 | 33 | 29–39 | 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) median (IQR) | 23 | 20–24 | 21 | 19–22 | 0.001 |
| Literacy | |||||
| Illiterate | 48 | 22.7% | 5 | 7.2% | 0.004 |
| Currently in formal employment | |||||
| Yes | 64 | 30.3% | 59 | 85.5% | <0.001 |
| Self-reported general health | |||||
| Excellent | 61 | 28.9% | 8 | 11.6% | <0.001 |
| Good | 74 | 35.1% | 15 | 21.7% | |
| Fair | 61 | 28.9% | 29 | 42.0% | |
| Poor | 15 | 7.1% | 17 | 24.6% | |
| WHO stage† | |||||
| Stage 1 or 2 | 92 | 43.6% | 14 | 20.3% | 0.001 |
| Stage 3 or 4 | 119 | 56.4% | 55 | 79.7% | |
| Reports household food insecurity‡ | |||||
| Yes | 43 | 20.4% | 15 | 21.7% | 0.809 |
| First time tested for HIV | |||||
| Yes | 109 | 51.7% | 20 | 29.0% | 0.001 |
| Perceived difficulty in attending primary health care clinic | |||||
| Not difficult | 23 | 11.1% | 13 | 18.8% | 0.096 |
| Difficult | 185 | 88.9% | 56 | 81.2% | |
| How many family or household members do you know to be HIV-positive? | |||||
| None | 120 | 56.9% | 32 | 46.4% | 0.129 |
| One or more | 91 | 43.1% | 37 | 53.6% | |
| How many family or household members do you know who have ever taken ART? | |||||
| None | 148 | 70.1% | 44 | 63.8% | 0.322 |
| One or more | 63 | 29.9% | 25 | 36.2% | |
| How many family or household members do you know to have died from HIV/AIDS? | |||||
| None | 153 | 72.5% | 48 | 69.6% | 0.637 |
| One or more | 58 | 27.5% | 21 | 30.4% | |
| If I was told I needed to take ART, I would be happy to take it | |||||
| Agree | 199 | 98.0% | 68 | 100.0% | 0.507 |
| Disagree | 2 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
BMI, body mass index.
†
WHO staging assessment as performed by study research assistant.
‡
Defined as skipping a meal in the last 2-weeks to ensure food.