Table 1.
Demographic, health and socio-economic characteristics at baseline
| Intervention Group
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| All participants | Food support + Nutrition education | Nutrition education only | p-value | |
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| Demographics | ||||
| Female, % | 69 | 74 | 62 | <0.01 |
| Afrodescendent, % | 12 | 4 | 19 | <0.01 |
| Primary school or more, % | 54 | 49 | 58 | 0.06 |
| Age in years, mean [SD] | 40 [9.8] | 40 [9.9] | 41 [9.6] | 0.12 |
| HH w/children < 18 y.o, % | 82 | 87 | 77 | <0.01 |
| HH size incl. participant, mean [SD] | 4.9 [2.5] | 5.1 [2.5] | 4.7 [2.5] | 0.05 |
| HIV-related health | ||||
| Years since HIV diagnosis, mean [SD] | 5.3 [3.9] | 5.1 [3.7] | 5.4 [4.1] | 0.25 |
| Years receiving ART, mean [SD] | 3.7 [2.4] | 3.6 [2.3] | 3.8 [2.6] | 0.24 |
| Receiving ART < 100 days, % | 9 | 7 | 11 | 0.14 |
| Takes protease inhibitors, % | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0.14 |
| CD4 (cells/mm3) category, % | 28 | 26.1 | 30 | 0.46 |
| 200–349 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 28.9 | |
| 350–499 | 19.8 | 22.7 | 16.8 | |
| ≥500 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 24.4 | |
| Socio-economic status | ||||
| Had paid work in last month, % | 38 | 33 | 44 | 0.02 |
| Material support from family or friends, % | 32 | 28 | 35 | 0.04 |
| Number of observations | 400 | 203 | 197 | |
Note: HH = “household”. p-values denote significance of comparison in baseline characteristics between the food support group and education-only group. Bolded values are significant at p<0.05.