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Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2013 Feb 21;25(3):203–213. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2012.11.003

Table 2.

HIV Characteristics of Study Population (N =50)

Variable	Results

	n (%)	M (SD)	Median (range)
Mode of HIV transmission
Perinatal	40 (80.0)
Sexual	10 (20.0)
CDC stage
Stage 1 (Asymptomatic)	6 (12.0)
Stage 2	20 (40.0)
Stage 3 (AIDS)	24 (48.0)
AIDS diagnosis
Yes	24 (48.0)
No	26 (52.0)
Log₁₀ HIV viral load (copies/ml)		1.18 (1.84)	0 (0–5.42)
Log₁₀ HIV viral load dichotomized
< 400 copies/ml	37 (74.0)
> 400 copies/ml	13 (26.0)
CD4+T lymphocyte count (cells/mm³)		562.88 (310.94)	552.5 (3 – 1584.0)
CD4+T-lymphocyte percentage		26.98 (9.81)	28.0 (1 – 42.0)
Adherence dichotomized
100% reported adherence	35 (70.0)
< 100 % reported adherence	15 (30.0)
3-day self-reported adherence estimates		86.0 (26.92)	100.0 (0–100)

NOTE: M = mean; SD = standard deviation