Table 2. Differences in mean weight-for-age z-scores and CD4+ T-cell percentage between children receiving ART at the hospital-affiliated and outreach clinics.
Comparison of the outreach clinic group to the hospital-affiliated clinic group | Estimate (95% CI)a , b | p-valuea | |
WAZ | |||
1 | Outreach: all visits before transfer | ||
Hospital-affiliated: all visits | −0.2 (−0.7, 0.3) | 0.48 | |
2 | Outreach: all visits after transfer | ||
Hospital-affiliated: all visits | 0.01 (−0.5, 0.5) | 0.96 | |
3 | Outreach: Difference between visit 6 month after transfer and last visit before transfer | ||
Hospital-affiliated: Difference between visits at 6 months intervals | 0.4 (−0.07, 0.8) | 0.10 | |
CD4% | |||
1 | Outreach: all visits before transfer | ||
Hospital-affiliated: all visits | −1.0 (−4.2, 2.2) | 0.55 | |
2 | Outreach: all visits after transfer | ||
Hospital-affiliated: all visits | −3.3 (−6.8, 0.2) | 0.06 | |
3 | Outreach: Difference between visit 6 month after transfer and last visit before transfer | ||
Hospital-affiliated: Difference between visits at 6 month intervals | −1.4 (−4.5, 1.7) | 0.37 |
CI: Confidence interval; WAZ: weight-for-age z-score.
Estimates and p-values for comparisons from linear regression with GEE to account for repeated measures per child.
Adjusted for month on ART, age at ART initiation, underweight at ART initiation and severe immunosuppression at ART initiation.