Table 3. Proportions of patients with (i) viral load suppression at 16 weeks and (ii) CD4 cell count ≤200 cells/μl after 48 weeks stratified according to year of ART initiation.
Total period | 2002/4 | 2004/5 | 2005/6 | 2006/7 | 2007/8 | P-value | |
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Viral load <400 copies/ml at week 16 | 2 248 (94.3) | 315 (96.3) | 388 (93.3) | 574 (93.5) | 497 (96.0) | 474 (93.1) | 0.091 |
CD4 count ≤200 cells/μl at week 48 | 588 (25.3) | 96 (29.4) | 155 (31.1) | 120 (21.5) | 121 (25.2) | 96 (20.8) | <0.001 |
Data available from 75.4% (n=2384) of patients retained
Data available from 73.5% (n=2325) of patients retained