Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of HIV-infected and control children

	HIV-infected Children		Control Children		p-value*
	N		N
Age (months)	157	26.0 (18.3, 51.3)	34	24.2 (18.3, 38.3)	0.311
≤12	10	9.6 (9.6, 10.6)	2	10.2, 11.6 (--)
>12 – 24	57	17.9 (14.5, 21.0)	15	18.1 (12.9, 19.7)
>24 – 36	33	28.3 (24.9, 32.0)	7	30.1 (26.7, 34.2)
>36 – 48	14	42.6 (40.5, 83.1)	6	42.0 (37.8, 44.0)
>48 – 60	18	54.3 (50.9, 58.5)	0	--
>60 – 120	25	82.9 (73.4, 93.2)	4	83.6 (63.0, 111)
Female	157	73 (46%)	34	16 (47%)	0.953

Dichotomous characteristics are expressed as N (%), continuous characteristics as median (interquartile range).

^*p-values are from Wilcoxon rank-sum or χ² tests.