Table 4. Characteristics of patients on ART lost to follow-up and patients retained in care at the hospital HIV clinic from January 2015 –June 2016.
Characteristics | n | LTFU (n = 475) |
Retained in care (n = 1140) |
p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age, median years (IQR) | 1615 | 34.0 (26.7–41.0) | 35.7 (24.9–44.0) | 0.08 |
<18 | 289 | 8.9 (2.5–14.5) | 10.5 (6.8–14.2) | 0.05 |
18–35 | 519 | 30.4 (26.4–32.6) | 29.7 (25.4–32.1) | 0.67 |
35–45 | 483 | 39.2 (37.4–42.1) | 40.3 (37.8–42.4) | 0.08 |
>45 | 324 | 52.5 (48.1–59.3) | 51.2 (47.8–56.5) | 0.29 |
Male gender (n, %) | 1615 | 244 (51%) | 685 (40%) | 0.001 |
Months on ART total (median, IQR) | 1614 | 20 (10–42) | 48 (26–70) | <.0001 |
Most recent CD4 count, cells/uL (median, IQR) | 1318 | 248 (94–436) | 449 (260.3–693) | <.0001 |
Last VL <200 (n, %) | 1101 | 89 (54%) | 601 (64%) | 0.01 |