Table 2.

Testing history by ART group

	Overall			Females			Males
	ART-eligible (N=385)	Pre-ART (N=247)		ART-eligible (N=244)	Pre-ART (N=212)		ART-eligible (N=141)	Pre-ART (N=35)
	n (% of N)	n (% of N)	p a	n (% of N)	n (% of N)	p b	n (% of N)	n (% of N)	p c
HIV-positive test was first ever HIV test (Yes)	328 (85)	182 (73)	<0.001	202 (83)	153 (72)	0.005	126 (89)	29 (83)	0.29
HIV+ diagnosis was less than 12 months before study baseline (Yes)	256 (67)	111 (45)	<0.001	139 (57)	92 (43)	0.004	117 (83)	19 (54)	<0.001
Reason for test at time of first HIV-positive test result
Self-initiated: sickness related	237 (62)	91 (37)	<0.001	137 (56)	74 (35)	<0.001	100 (71)	17 (49)	0.02
Self-initiated: non-sickness related	81 (21)	79 (32)		50 (20)	63 (30)		31 (22)	16 (46)
Not self-initiated	67 (17)	77 (31)		57 (23)	75 (35)		10 (7)	2 (6)
Number of CD4 tests prior to study recruitment:d median (IQR)	0 (0, 1)	1 (0,2)	<0.001	0 (0, 1)	1 (0, 2)	0.002	0 (0, 1)	0 (0, 2)	0.02
Number of months engaged in HIV care prior to recruitment CD4 test: median (IQR)	1 (1, 9)	9 (1,21)	<0.001	2 (1, 11)	10 (1, 22)	<0.001	1 (1, 5)	2 (1, 12)	0.15
CD4 at baseline: median (IQR) (4 missing)	133 (76, 175)	632 (559, 768)	<0.001	145 (85, 182)	619 (554, 775)	<0.001	121 (63, 161)	666 (581, 747)	<0.001
Has knowing that you are HIV-positive changed your interest in sex (Yes)	203 (53)	94 (38)	<0.001	120 (50)	83 (39)	0.02	83 (59)	11 (32)	0.005

^a,b,cChi-square test of ART-eligible vs. pre-ART; ^aoverall, ^bamong females, ^camong males.

^dExcluding the recruitment CD4 test.