Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features of 90,281 patients at ART initiation in the Hlabisa and Right to Care cohorts in South Africa
| Hlabisa Cohorta | RTC Cohortb | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 21,766) | (n = 69,283) | ||
| Gender | % male | 7421 (34.1%) | 25902 (37.4%) |
| Age at initiation (years) | <18 | 2092 (9.6%) | 3390 (4.9%) |
| 18-29 | 6369 (29.3%) | 15470 (22.3%) | |
| 30-39 | 7294 (33.5%) | 28286 (40.8%) | |
| 40-49 | 3880 (17.8%) | 15334 (22.1%) | |
| > = 50 | 2125 (9.8%) | 6803 (9.8%) | |
| Median (IQR) | 33 (26, 41) | 35 (29, 42) | |
| CD4 count (cells/mm3) at initiation | 0-49 | 3282 (16.1%) | 15228 (22.0%) |
| 50-99 | 3220 (15.8%) | 10699 (15.4%) | |
| 100-199 | 7567 (37.0%) | 19795 (28.6%) | |
| 200-349 | 4818 (23.6%) | 11346 (16.4%) | |
| > = 350 | 1540 (7.5%) | 4178 (6.0%) | |
| Missing | 1339 (6.2%) | 8037 (11.6%) | |
| Median (IQR) | 152 (78, 226) | 123 (50, 201) | |
| Year of ART initiation | 2005 | n/a | 2975 (4.3%) |
| 2006 | n/a | 5339 (7.7%) | |
| 2007 | 1963 (9.0%) | 6530 (9.4%) | |
| 2008 | 3467 (15.9%) | 8612 (12.4%) | |
| 2009 | 3223 (14.8%) | 10546 (15.2%) | |
| 2010 | 3723 (17.1%) | 11036 (15.9%) | |
| 2011 | 4607 (21.2%) | 8325 (12.0%) | |
| 2012 | 4783 (22.0%) | 6744 (9.7%) | |
| 2013 | n/a | 5457 (7.9%) | |
| 2014 | n/a | 3719 (5.4%) |
aHlabisa Cohort includes all HIV patients with a first CD4 count in care between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2012 at 17 clinics and one sub-district hospital in Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal. Data in this table are restricted to patients who initiated ART. Hlabisa Cohort also includes patients who presented for care but never initiated ART. Total sample size in the Hlabisa Cohort was 57,401 of whom 21,766 initiated ART
bRTC Cohort includes all patients who initiated ART between 1 Jan 2005 and 31 December 2014 at 8 sites supported by Right to Care in Gauteng Province