Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study population (n = 186) categorized by serum cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) status using IMMY LFA.

Variables at baseline	CrAg positive (n = 14)	CrAg negative (n = 172)	p-value
Socio-demographic
Age in years, mean (SD)	39.3 (10.5)	38.5 (10.2)	0.55
Male, n (%)	5 (35.7)	55 (32)	0.77
Clinical
History of tuberculosis, n (%)	0	9 (5.3)	0.99
History of liver disease, n (%)	0	5 (2.9)	0.99
Body mass index in	20.6	21.0	0.36
Kgm2, median (IQR)	(18.4–21.3)	(18.8–23.4)
Laboratory
CD4 cells/ml, median (IQR)	44 (26–76)	48 (35–67)	0.48
Haemoglobin in g/dL, median (IQR)	10.5 (9.6–11.3)	9.9 (8.9–11.3)	0.96
White blood cells × 103/ml, median (IQR)	2 (2.0–5.0)	1 (1–3)	0.05
Alanine transaminase in IU/L, median (IQR)	32.4 (23.7–41.1)	27.6 (19.2–43.3)	0.96
Serum creatinine in g/dL, median (IQR)	1 (0.9–1.2)	1 (0.8–1.2)	0.95