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. 2016 Dec 7;9:501. doi: 10.1186/s13104-016-2317-7

Table 4.

Chi squared test for the difference in OI prevalence by age at enrolment before and after HAART

Prevalence p value
Age < 30 (n = 8070), n (%) Age = 30–39 (n = 10,008), n (%) Age ≥ 40 (n = 6223), n (%)
Before HAART (2001–2003)
 Opportunistic infection
  Geohelminths 2187 (27.1) 2536 (25.3) 1714 (27.5) 0.058
  Diarrhoea 2422 (30.0) 3117 (31.1) 1907 (30.6) 0.671
  Oral candida 2586 (32.0) 3625 (36.2) 2213 (35.6) <0.001
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis 1350 (16.7) 1706 (17.0) 1251 (20.1) 0.031
  Bacterial pneumonia 905 (11.2) 1113 (11.1) 706 (11.3) 0.139
  Genital ulcer 667 (8.3) 802 (8.0) 390 (6.3) 0.026
  Confirmed malaria 1277 (15.8) 1518 (15.2) 863 (13.9) 0.029
  Esoph candida 654 (8.1) 945 (9.4) 585 (9.4) 0.126
  Herpes zoster 505 (6.3) 568 (5.7) 351 (5.6) 0.198
  Cryptosporidiosis 269 (1.6) 387 (1.7) 238 (1.6) 0.218
  Cryptococcosis 133 (1.6) 182 (1.8 110 (1.8) 0.707
  Others 130 (3.3) 175 (3.9) 99 (3.8) 0.168
 Opportunistic cancer
  Kaposi’s sarcoma/HHV8 57 (0.7) 104 (1.0) 48 (0.8) 0.052
Prevalence p value
Age < 30 (n = 17,872), n (%) Age = 30-39 (n = 23,395), n (%) Age ≥ 40 (n = 16,935), n (%)
Early HAART (2004–2008)
 Opportunistic infection
  Geohelminths 5849 (32.7) 7690 (32.9) 5645 (33.3) 0.365
  Diarrhoea 4323 (24.2) 6034 (25.8) 4555 (26.9) 0.010
  Oral candida 2919 (16.3) 4510 (19.3) 3191 (18.8) <0.0001
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis 3073 (17.2) 4366 (18.7) 3150 (18.6) 0.006
  Bacterial pneumonia 1277 (7.1) 1930 (8.2) 1331 (7.9) 0.009
  Genital ulcer 1850 (10.4) 2634 (11.3) 1609 (9.5) <0.0001
  Confirmed malaria 1230 (6.9) 1366 (5.8) 883 (5.2) <0.0001
  Esoph candida 1342 (7.5) 2309 (9.9) 1648 (9.7) <0.0001
  Herpes zoster 1080 (6.0) 1554 (6.6) 1106 (6.5) 0.407
  Cryptosporidiosis 554 (2.6) 823 (3.0) 649 (3.6) 0.039
  Cryptococcosis 236 (1.3) 399 (1.7) 286 (1.7) 0.011
  Others 464 (3.1) 712 (3.5) 608 (3.8) 0.07
 Opportunistic cancer
  Kaposi’s sarcoma/HHV8 166 (0.9) 290 (1.2) 221 (1.3) 0.009
Prevalence p value
Age < 30 (n = 21,479), n (%) Age = 30-39 (n = 23,168), n (%) Age ≥ 40 (n = 17,174), n (%)
Late HAART (2009–2013)
 Opportunistic infection
  Geohelminths 5230 (24.3) 5489 (23.7) 4119 (24.0) 0.598
  Diarrhoea 3153 (14.7) 3352 (14.5) 2372 (13.8) 0.025
  Oral candida 1442 (6.7) 1748 (7.5) 1305 (7.6) 0.015
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis 1194 (5.6) 1423 (6.1) 911 (5.3) 0.008
  Bacterial pneumonia 1481 (6.9) 1601 (6.9) 1218 (7.1) 0.673
  Genital ulcer 1454 (6.8) 1479 (6.4) 827 (4.8) <0.0001
  Confirmed malaria 934 (4.3) 896 (3.9) 524 (3.1) <0.0001
  Esoph candida 595 (2.8) 662 (2.9) 492 (2.9) 0.958
  Herpes zoster 775 (3.6) 856 (3.7) 670 (3.9) 0.069
  Cryptosporidiosis 228 (1.7) 259 (1.7) 204 (2.2) 0.027
  Cryptococcosis 113 (0.5) 178 (0.8) 124 (0.7) 0.010
  Others 362 (1.1 405 (1.1) 374 (1.2) 0.973
 Opportunistic cancer
  Kaposi’s sarcoma/HHV8 86 (0.4) 132 (0.6) 91 (0.5) 0.055

HHV8 human herpes virus 8, n number of patients