Table 1.
Characteristics of pre-ART, ART and TB patients
| Characteristics | Pre-ART N=200 |
ART N=300 |
TB N=296 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (% Male) | 21 | 38 | 47 | <0.001* |
| Age (mean in years, SD in brackets) | 33 (10) | 40 (10) | 38 (12) | <0.001† |
| Head of household employment status (% unemployed) | 73 | 86 | 81 | 0.002* |
| Households receiving grants‡ (% Yes) | – | 92 | 89 | 0.113* |
| Household grant value‡ (mean in ZAR, SD in brackets) | – | 1503 (974) | 1198 (922) | <0.001† |
Data on grants not available for pre-ART patients.
p-value based on Pearson’s χ2 test for differences in proportions across patient groups.
p-value based on F statistic test for differences in means across patient groups.
ZAR = South African Rand, ART = antiretroviral treatment, TB = tuberculosis, SD = standard deviation.