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. 2013 Jun 28;8(6):e64902. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064902

Table 2. Patient demographics by country income grouping.

AHOD TAHOD TAHOD
(n = 945) High Income Low Income
(n = 1260) (n = 2045)
Sex N (%) N (%) N (%)
Male 891 (94) 951 (75) 1434 (70)
Female 54 (4) 309 (25) 611 (30)
Age at ART initiation (Years)
less than 30 121 (13) 273 (22) 590 (29)
30 to 50 646 (68) 829 (66) 1313 (64)
greater than 50 178 (19) 158 (13) 142 (7)
mean 41.1 38.1 35.1
median (interquartile range) 40.3 (33.4–47.5) 36.2 (30.9–43.4) 33.8 (29.1–39.5)
AIDS
None 793 (84) 511 (41) 709 (35)
Yes 152 (16) 749 (59) 1336 (65)
AIDS illness pre-ART 50 (33) 173 (23) 343 (26)
AIDS illness post-ART 102 (67) 576 (77) 993 (74)
Exposure
Homosexual 644 (68) 392 (31) 151 (7)
Heterosexual 120 (13) 736 (58) 1345 (66)
IDU 50 (5) 34 (3) 319 (16)
Other 131 (14) 98 (8) 230 (11)
HBV
Negative 721 (76) 884 (70) 1202 (59)
Positive 36 (4) 175 (14) 134 (7)
Not Tested 188 (20) 201 (16) 709 (35)
HCV
Negative 737 (78) 887 (70) 769 (38)
Positive 80 (8) 78 (6) 384 (19)
Not Tested 128 (14) 295 (23) 892 (44)
CD4 cell count at ART initiation *
mean (cells/µL) 305 150 128
median (interquartile range) 271 (159–400) 125 (34–227) 110 (38–199)
Log RNA at ART initiation *
mean (copies/ml) 4.85 4.7 4.96
median (interquartile range) 4.96 (4.44–5.35) 4.73 (4.15–5.30) 5.0 (4.56–5.57)
Year ART Initiation
1996 to 2004 499 (53) 728 (58) 507 (25)
2005 to 2011 446 (47) 532 (42) 1538 (75)
Time followed on ART
mean (years) 5.3 5.1 3.1
median (interquartile range) 3.8 (1.8–8.8) 5.5 (2.9–7.5) 2.4 (0.9–5.1)
CD4 measurements (per year per person)
mean 3.4 1.9 1.7
median (interquartile range) 3 (2–4) 2 (1–2) 1 (1–2)
RNA measurements (per year per person)
Mean 3.3 1.4 0.6
median (interquartile range) 3 (2–4) 1 (1–2) 0 (0–1)
*

Closest record to ART initiation within a window of 6 month prior to ART and 1 week following ART initiation.