Table 4. Estimated time from HIV seroconversion to ART eligibility.
| HIV sero-converters | 2010 WHO ART eligibility thresholda |
2006 WHO ART eligibility thresholdb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean years (95% CI) | Median years (IQR) | Mean years (95% CI) | Median years (IQR) | |||
| All | 4.0 (3.7 to 4.3) | 3.8 (2.0 to 5.7) | 7.0 (6.8 to 7.3) | 7.1 (5.2 to 8.8) | ||
| Women | 4.1 (3.6 to 4.5) | 3.9 (2.2 to 5.9) | 7.0 (6.6 to 7.4) | 7.2 (5.3 to 8.7) | ||
| Men | 4.0 (3.6 to 4.3) | 3.7 (1.9 to 5.7) | 7.0 (6.7 to 7.4) | 7.1 (5.2 to 8.9) | ||
ART: antiretroviral therapy; CI: confidence interval; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; IQR: interquartile range; WHO: World Health Organization.
a The threshold is a CD4+ cell count less than 350 cells/μL.
b The threshold is a CD4+ cell count less than 200 cells/μL.