Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics by study site
| Guinea, Conakry | Uganda, Kitgum | Uganda, Arua | Kenya, Homa Bay | Cameroun, Douala | DRC, Baraka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total tested at site | HTC | ANC | ||||||
| Total, n | 793 | 1240 | 3159 | 2971 | 1003 | 1239 | 3610 | 14015 |
| Positive, n (%) | 505 (63.7) |
69 (5.5) |
332 (10.5) |
386 (13.0) |
372 (37.1) |
396 (32.0) |
288 (8.0) |
2348 (16.8) |
| Negative, n (%) | 278 (35.0) |
1169 (94.3) | 2827 (89.5) |
2585 (87.0) |
617 (61.5) |
826 (66.7) |
3252 (90.1) | 11554 (82.4) |
| Indeterminates, n (%) | 10 (1.3) |
2 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
14 (1.4) |
17 (1.4) |
70 (1.9) |
113 (0.8) |
| Included in the study based on HIV status tested at site | ||||||||
| Total, n | 341 | 105 | 437 | 443 | 500 | 462 | 497 | 2785 |
| Positive, n (%) | 220 (64.5) |
2 (1.9) |
217 (49.7) |
212 (47.9) |
223 (44.6) |
222 (48.1) |
221 (44.5) |
1317 (47.3) |
| Negative, n (%) | 117 (34.3) |
103 (98.1) |
220 (50.3) |
231 (52.1) |
277 (55.4) |
230 (49.8) |
220 (44.2) |
1398 (50.2) |
| Indeterminates, n (%) | 4 (1.2) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
10 (2.2) |
56 (11.3) |
70 (2.5) |
| Entry mode | ||||||||
| Voluntary testing, n (%) |
0 (0) |
323 (73.9) |
443 (100) |
459 (91.8) |
211 (45.7) |
187 (37.8) | 1623 | |
| Spouse, n (%) |
238 (53.4) |
20 (4.6) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
251 (54.3) |
10 (2.0) |
519 | |
| Referred – TB clinic, n (%) |
57 (12.8) |
2 (0.5) |
0 (0) |
21 (4.2) |
0 (0) |
3 (0.6) |
83 | |
| Referred – IPD, n (%) |
33 (7.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
297 (59.8) | 330 | |
| Referred – OPD, n (%) |
13 (2.9) |
33 (7.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
46 | |
| ANC, n (%) |
105 (23.3) |
54 (12.4) |
0 (0) |
20 (4.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
179 | |
| Other, n (%) |
0 (0) |
5 (1.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
5 | |
| Age and gender | ||||||||
| Median age (IQR) | 29 (22–39) |
30 (24–39) |
29 (23–37) |
30 (23–40) |
31 (25–41) |
30 (23–39) |
30 (24–39) |
|
| Males, n (%) | 132 (29.6) |
176 (40.3) |
213 (48.2) |
201 (40.2) |
163 (35.3) |
177 (35.6) | 1062 (38.1) | |
HTC = HIV testing and counselling, ANC = antenatal care, TB = tuberculosis, IPD = in-patient department; OPD = out-patient department.