Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of a Cohort of 119 Children Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy at Pediatric Day Hospital, Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique (2007–2008)
Characteristic | No. (%) |
Age (months) | |
Minimum–maximum | 3.7–167.6 |
Median (IQR) | 25.2 (15.2–70.8) |
0–18 | 41 (34.5) |
19–59 | 45 (37.8) |
≥60 | 33 (27.7) |
Area of residence | |
Rural | 15 (12.6) |
Suburban | 79 (66.4) |
Urban | 25 (21.0) |
WHO clinical staging | |
I | 2 (1.7) |
II | 6 (5.0) |
III | 54 (45.4) |
IV | 56 (47.1) |
Unknown | 1 (0.8%) |
CD4 percentage | |
<5 | 10 (8.4) |
5–15 | 56 (47.1) |
≥15 | 45 (37.8) |
Unknown | 8 (6.7) |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; WHO, World Health Organization.