Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants

Variable, N = 367		N	Percent (%)
Age	0–5	269	73.30
	6–15	83	22.62
	15–18	15	4.09
Sex	Male	175	47.68
	Female	192	52.32
WHO clinical stage	I & II	136	37.06
	III & IV	231	62.94
Nutritional statusa (n = 335)	Within normal limits	166	49.55
	Mild malnutrition	26	7.76
	Moderate malnutrition	61	18.21
	Severe malnutrition	82	24.48
CD4 absolute count	<500 cells/ml	109	29.70
	> = 500 cells/ml	258	70.30
Baseline viral load (copies/ml)b	5000–100,000	102	27.79
	100,000–500,000	107	29.16
	500,000–1,000,000	52	14.17
	≥1,000,000	106	28.88
Haemoglobin level, gm/dl (n = 271)	0–8	42	15.50
	8–16	229	84.50

^aBaseline status based on the Z-score criteria

^bMeasurements based on either Roche or Abbot