Table 1.

Selected pre-ART baseline characteristics of HIV-infected Ugandans

Characteristic	Total (n=504)
	Median (IQR) or No. (%)
Age, years	34 (29 to 39)
Female	318 (63.1)
Married	194 (38.5)
Achieved secondary education	104 (20.6)
Assets index	−0.26 (−1.6 to 1.43)
AUDIT-C positive	96 (19.1)
CD4+ count (cells/mm3)	138 (80 to 213)
HIV RNA level (copies/ml)	4.97 (4.42 to 5.52)
BMI	21.0 (19.3 to 23.6)
Tryptophan [ng/ml]	3710 (2535 to 4810)
Kynurenine to tryptophan ratio(nM/uM)	122.2 (87.6 to 186.4)
Few (0 or 1) protein sources	99 (37.5)
HSCL depression core	1.42 (1.17 to 1.92)
Probable Depression (HSCL-D>1.75)	157 (31.2)