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. 2014 Jul 17;9(7):e101875. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101875

Table 1. Characteristics of all included patients (n = 7,815).

Variable Summary
Predisposing Factors
Age (yrs)
Median (IQR) 35 (30–43)
Range 15–82
Female n (%) 5067 (64.7)
Marital Status
Single 286 (4.2)
Married 3990 (58.3)
Divorced or Separated 1591 (23.3)
Widowed 944 (13.8)
Religion
Catholic 1500 (21.5)
Protestant or Non-Catholic Christian 3034 (43.5)
Church of God or Pentecostal 1042 (15.0)
Seventh Day Adventist 279 (4.0)
Muslim 1022 (14.7)
Enabling Factors
Occupation Status
Working 7045 (97.6)
Not Working 171 (2.4)
Transferred In (to Dignitas Supported Site) n (%) 449 (5.8)
Traced n (%) 232 (3.0)
ART Management Location
Centralized Care 3624 (46.4)
Decentralized Care >45,000 outpatient visits per year 1835 (23.5)
-Decentralized locations: <44,999 outpatient visits per year 2345 (30.0)
Need Factors
Weight at Baseline (kg)
Median (IQR) 50 (45–56)
Range 32–106.4
WHO Stage at Initiation
Stage 1 261 (3.3)
Stage 2 3169 (40.6)
Stage 3 3401 (43.5)
Stage 4 983 (12.6)
n = 1 presumed