Table 1.
Baseline socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of participants
| Non-ART initiated | ART initiated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (N=687) |
Males (N=52) |
Females (N=221) |
p-value | Males (N=132) |
Females (N=282) |
p-value | |
| Female, % (n) | 73.2 (503) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Age, median (IQR) | 32 (28–38) | 34 (29–40) | 30 (25–36) | 0.005 | 34 (30–40) | 33 (29–39) | 0.192 |
| Employment, % (n/N)* | |||||||
| Employed | 15.4(95/616) | 22.7(10/44) | 12.0(22/183) | 0.086 | 22.1(28/127) | 13.4(35/262) | 0.085 |
| Unemployed | 81.5(502/616) | 77.3(34/44) | 83.1(152/183) | 76.4(97/127) | 83.6(219/262) | ||
| Student | 3.1(19/616) | 0.0 (0/44) | 4.9(9/183) | 1.6(2/127) | 3.1(8/262) | ||
| Marital status, % (n/N)* | |||||||
| Married/stable partner | 13.7(59/432) | 20.0(8/40) | 14.3(25/175) | 0.624 | 11.1(7/63) | 12.3(19/154) | 1.000 |
| Casual partner/single | 66.2(286/432) | 62.5(25/40) | 64.6(113/175) | 69.8(44/63) | 67.2(104/154) | ||
| Separated from/death of stable partner | 20.1(87/432) | 17.5(7/40) | 21.1(37/175) | 19.1(12/63) | 20.1(31/154) | ||
| Schooling, n (%)* | |||||||
| No schooling | 14.8(63/425) | 9.3(4/43) | 12.4(21/221) | 0.193 | 11.5(7/61) | 21.0(139/143) | 0.310 |
| Primary or less | 26.6(113/425) | 39.5(17/43) | 27.0(48/221) | 23.2(16/61) | 22.4(32/143) | ||
| Secondary or less | 57.2(243/425) | 48.8(21/43) | 60.1(107/221) | 59.0(36/61) | 55.2(79/143) | ||
| Tertiary education | 1.4(6/262) | 2.3(1/43) | 0.6(1/221) | 3.3(2/61) | 1.4(2/139) | ||
| Days between testing HIV+ and enrollment, median (IQR) | 174 (57–446) | 31 (21–270) | 77 (29–407) | 0.004 | 160 (91–359) | 231 (118–477) | 0.002 |
| Missing | n=3 | n=0 | n=2 | n=0 | n=1 | ||
| CD4+ count (cells/µL) at enrollment, median (IQR) | 187 (110–308) | 282 (214–437) | 363 (257–479) | 0.097 | 115 (61–180) | 148 (96–214) | <0.0001 |
| Missing | n=73 | n=21 | n=42 | n=2 | n=8 | ||
*
Where data missing, n/N is shown in full.