Table 2.

Comparison of HIV viral loads among refugees and host nationals taking ART for ≥25 weeks

Viral load	Group	Total, N (100%)	<5000 copies/mL, n (%)	p-value	Median, copies/mL (IQR)	p-value
Round One	Refugee	59	34 (58)	0.10	3830 (1460, 14800)	0.03a
	Kenyan	72	31 (43)		7905 (2625, 38900)
	All	131	65 (50)		5010 (1920, 22400)
Round Two	Refugee	35	26 (74)	0.66	1311 (<400, 6361)	0.41a
	Kenyan	43	30 (70)		1411 (<400, 28107)
	All	78	56 (72)		1368 (<400, 7477)
Differences in median viral load, baseline v. follow-up b: refugee, p = 0.04; Kenyan, p = 0.03; All, p = 0.002

p-values are chi-square tests unless otherwise stated; IQR interquartile range

^aMann-Whitney two-sample statistic (Wilcoxon rank-sum test)

^bWilcoxon signed-rank test