Table 1.

Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of study participants by gender, Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda

Characteristics	Gender
	Male n=17 (%)	Female n=13 (%)	X2 Test	P-value
Employment status	15 (88)	8 (62)	2.93	0.190
employed
Education	13 (76)	10 (77)	0.01	1.000
Not beyond primary level
Marital status	14 (82)	10 (77)		1.000
married	0.13
Median CD4 T-cell
count/L (IQR)	207 (38–451)	457(319–636)	0.021	7.03
Taking co-trimoxazole	13 (76)	11 (85)	0.672	0.31
On ARV	7 (41)	8 (62)	1.22	0.462
Mean age (years)	39(37–44)	40(32–44)	0.29	0.715

There were no significant statistical differences in clinical and socio-demographic characteristics by gender except the median CD4 T-cell counts (X2 test =7.03, p=0.021).