Table 1.
Baseline demographic characteristics of patients included in study, Tshepang Pharmacovigilance cohort, 2004-2012
| Variable | Total | LTFU | In care | χ2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | (%) | n | % | p-value | ||
| Sex | Female | 390 | (65.5) | 87 | (62.6) | 303 | (66.5) | 0.402 |
| Age at ART initiation (years) | ≥ 45 years | 129 | (21.7) | 30 | (21.6) | 99 | (21.7) | 0.113 |
| ≥ 30 and < 45 | 320 | (53.8) | 66 | (47.5) | 254 | (55.7) | ||
| < 30 | 146 | (24.5) | 43 | (30.9) | 103 | (22.6) | ||
| Racial grouping | Black | 512 | (99.4) | 100 | (99.0) | 412 | (99.5) | 0.548 |
| (80 missing) | Other | 3 | (0.6) | 1 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.5) | |
| Education level | None | 34 | (6.2) | 7 | (5.4) | 27 | (6.5) | 0.110 |
| (50 missing) | Primary | 153 | (28.1) | 34 | (26.2) | 119 | (28.7) | |
| Secondary | 330 | (60.6) | 77 | (59.2) | 253 | (60.9) | ||
| Tertiary | 28 | (5.1) | 12 | (9.2) | 16 | (3.9) | ||
| Employment status | Employed | 141 | (24.2) | 24 | (17.5) | 117 | (26.2) | 0.028 |
| (14 missing) | Unemployed | 439 | (75.3) | 111 | (81.0) | 328 | (73.6) | |
| Self employed | 3 | (0.5) | 2 | (1.5) | 1 | (0.2) | ||
| Live-in partner | Present | 115 | (19.7) | 19 | (14.0) | 96 | (21.4) | 0.057 |
| (10 missing) | Absent | 472 | (80.3) | 117 | (86.0) | 353 | (78.6) | |