Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics with regard to their final treatment outcome

	Outcome
	Good outcome		Bad outcome		Total
	Count	Column, n%	Count	Column, n%	Count	Column, n%
Gender
Male	69	97.2	38	95	107	96.4%
Female	2	2.8	2	5	4	3.6
Route of transmission*
Heterosexual	7	10	4	10.3	11	10.1
IVDU	59	84.3	29	74.4	88	80.7
Homosexual	1	1.4	0	0	1	0.9
Transfusion	3	4.3	6	15.4	9	8.3
Smoker
Yes	70	98.6	38	95	108	97.3
No	1	1.4	2	5	3	2.7
Drug abuse
Yes	67	94.4	37	95.2	104	93.7
No	4	5.6	3	7.5	7	6.3
Alcohol abuse*
Yes	35	50	18	42.9	53	47.7
No	35	50	24	57.1	58	52.3
Prison*
Yes	59	85.5	37	95.2	96	88.1
No	10	14.5	3	7.5	13	11.9
History of CAT I treatment
Yes	15	21.4	8	19.6	23	20.7
No	55	78.6	33	80.4	88	79.3
History of CAT II treatment
Yes	4	5.6	2	5	6	5.4
No	67	94.4	38	95	105	94.6
cART
Yes	40	56.3	8	20	48	43.2
No	31	43.7	32	80	63	56.8
CD4+*
<200	49	71	24	72.7	73	71.6
≥200	20	29	9	27.3	29	28.4
Adverse effects
Yes	24	33.8	10	25	34	29.7
No	47	66.2	30	75	77	70.3

^*The values were not available as the factor’s status was unknown for some cases

IVDU = intravenous drug use; CAT = category; cART = combination antiretroviral therapy