Table 2.

Outcomes at 18 months of cohort participants by ART initiation status

	Total N = 385	Initiated ART over follow up period N = 296	Did not initiate ART over follow up period N = 89	p‐value
In care to end of study follow up	286 (74.3%)	243 (82.1%)	43 (48.3%)	<0.01
Planned transferred to another clinic	50 (13.0%)	30 (10.1%)	20 (22.5%)	<0.01
aLeft area without transfer of care	9 (2.3%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (7.9%)	<0.01
aNot in care and untraceable	14 (3.6%)	6 (2.0%)	8 (9.0%)	<0.01
No planned transfer, but was found in care at another clinic	12 (3.1%)	3 (1.0)	9 (10.1)	<0.01
Withdrew from study	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1%)	0.06
Died	13 (3.4%)	12 (4.1%)	1 (1%)	0.18

^aascertained through phone calls and home visits.