Table 3. WHO Stages, CD4 count and ART status of PLWHA in Lao PDR.
| Outpatients | Inpatients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVK | STT | Total | SVK | STT | Total | |||
| n = 180 | n = 100 | p | n = 280 | n = 20 | n = 20 | p | n = 40 | |
| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |||
| Distance to hospital | ||||||||
| <100km | 102 (56.6) | 78 (78.0) | <0.001 | 180 (64.3) | 5 (25.0) | 17 (85.0) | <0.001 | 22 (55.0) |
| >100km | 78 (43.3) | 22 (22.0) | 100 (35.7) | 15 (75.0) | 3 (15.0) | 18 (45.0) | ||
| Time at hospital (days) * | 1 | 2 | 0.9 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 0.2 | 16 |
| (IQR) | (1–1) | (1–2) | (1–2) | (12.5–31) | (9–22.5) | (11–28.5) | ||
| WHO stages | ||||||||
| 1–2 | 31 (17.2) | 24 (24.0) | 0.1 | 55 (19.6) | 1 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.3 | 1 (2.5) |
| 3–4 | 149 (82.7) | 76 (76.0) | 225 (80.3) | 19 (95.0) | 20 (100.0) | 39 (97.5) | ||
| CD4 | ||||||||
| <200 cells/mm3 | 106 (58.9) | 47 (47.0) | 0.05 | 153 (54.6) | 16 (80.0) | 17 (85.0) | 0.6 | 33 (82.5) |
| ≥200 cells/mm3 | 74 (41.1) | 53 (53.0) | 127 (45.3) | 4 (20.0) | 3 (15.0) | 7 (17.5) | ||
| On ART | 159 (88.3) | 89 (89.0) | 0.8 | 248 (88.5) | 10 (50.0) | 10 (50.0) | 1 | 20 (50.0) |
| Time on ART (months) | 17.2 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 1 | 7.2 | |
| (15.0–19.3) | (13.2–17.0) | 0.9 | (14.9–18.0) | (3.2–12.6) | (1.7–11.2) | (3.9–10.4) |
Number and percentages, Mean and 95% confidence interval (95%CI)
SVK: Savannakhet hospital; STT: Setthathirat hospital; ART: antiretroviral treatment
* During survey