Table 1.
Demographic and social characteristics of the study population.
| HAART naive n = 315 (63%) |
On HAART n = 185 (37%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||
| 10–19 | 20 (6.3) | 3 (1.6) | |
| 20–29 | 84 (26.7) | 26 (14.1) | |
| 30–39 | 101 (32.1) | 57 (30.8) | |
| 40–49 | 63 (20) | 74 (40) | |
| 50–59 | 21 (6.7) | 16 (8.7) | |
| 60–69 | 16 (5.1) | 5 (2.7) | |
| 70–79 | 10 (3.2) | 4 (2.2) | |
| Median ± SD | 27.09 ± 16.92 (17–70) | 34.43 ± 15.06 (18–67) | 0.000 |
| Sex | |||
| Male: no (%) | 119 (37.8) | 67 (36.2) | |
| Mean ± SD (min-max) | 32.28 ± 17.91 (17–67) | 38.77 ± 14.81 (20–67) | |
| Female: no (%) | 196 (62.2) | 118 (63.8) | |
| Mean ± SD (min-max) | 24.72 ± 14.89 (17–70) | 34.08 ± 12.45 (18–66) | |
| Risk factor | |||
| Heterosexual | 298 (94.6) | 180 (97.3) | |
| Blood transfusion | 3 (0.95) | 0 | |
| Iv drug use | 0 | 0 | |
| MSM | 0 | 0 | |
| Unkown | 14 (4.4) | 5 (2.7) | |
| Educational status | |||
| No formal education | 67 (21.3) | 33 (17.8) | |
| Quaranic education | 18 (5.7) | 10 (5.4) | |
| Primary education | 54 (17.1) | 31 (16.8) | |
| Secondary education | 119 (37.8) | 73 (39.5) | |
| Tertiary education | 57 (18.1) | 38 (20.5) | |