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. 2014 Oct 23;6(4):5547. doi: 10.4081/ni.2014.5547

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics and outcomes (n=43).

Characteristics Values
Age, mean years (SD) 37.4 (11.0)
Gender, male n (%) 24 (56)
CD4 count, mean (SD)
  >200 n (%)
  <50 n (%)
  50-200 n (%)
186 (215)
14 (33)
12 (28)
17 (40)
WHO clinical stage, n=40, n (%) I: 6 (14)
II: 2 (5)
III: 14 (36)
IV: 18 (43)
Antiretroviral use, n (%) Never: 24 (56)
Active: 16 (37)
Defaulted: 3 (7)
Psychiatric Symptom Burden n=59 mean Shona Symptom Score (SD) 4.6 (3.0): 56% requiring additional evaluation*
International HIV Dementia Scale, n=59 (mean, SD, % impaired) 8.7 (2.8): 54% impaired
Zambian Mini-Mental State Exam n=59 (mean, SD, % impaired) 20.7 (3.9): 51% impaired
Seizure severity at first seizure, n (%) Single, brief seizure 15 (35); Multiple seizures, not status epilepticus 20 (47);
Status epilepticus 8 (19)
CNS opportunistic infection n=31, n (%) 14 (44)
Outcomes, n (%) Recurrent seizures 15 (35)
Died 9 (21)

*Based upon score and recommendations during Zimbabwe-based validation studies.