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. 2018 May 4;15(5):e1002565. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002565

Table 2. Outcomes among the 135,479 pre-ART children in the IeDEA Global Cohort Consortium, 2004–2015.

Variable or outcome Region Total p-Value
Asia-Pacific Central Africa Latin America East Africa Southern Africa West Africa
N 4,045 4,948 2,488 22,827 93,799 7,372 135,479
Death before ART initiation, n (%) 76 (1.9) 101 (2.0) 20 (0.8) 730 (3.2) 1,397 (1.5) 218 (3.0) 2,542 (1.9) <0.01
Transferred out before ART initiation, n (%) 222 (5.5) 194 (3.9) 10 (0.4) 322 (1.4) 939 (1.0) 220 (3.0) 1,907 (1.4) <0.01
Loss to follow-up (>6 months) before ART initiation, n (%) 94 (2.3) 1,353 (27.3) 197 (7.9) 5,116 (22.4) 19,805 (21.1) 1,047 (14.2) 27,612 (20.4) <0.01
Censored due to end of study, n (%) 102 (2.5) 178 (3.6) 56 (2.3) 1,062 (4.7) 2,458 (2.6) 158 (2.1) 4,014 (3.0)
ART initiation, n (%) 3,551 (87.8) 3,122 (63.1) 2,205 (88.6) 15,597 (68.3) 69,200 (73.8) 5,729 (77.7) 99,404 (73.4) <0.01
On ART at baseline, n (%) 132 (3.7) 157 (5.0) 74 (3.4) 1,562 (10.0) 18,964 (27.4) 913 (15.9) 21,802 (21.9) <0.01
Median duration between baseline and ART initiation or last contact (months) (IQR) 2 (1–12) 5 (1–26) 4 (1–24) 3 (1–11) 1 (0–5) 1 (0–6) 1 (0–7) <0.01
Median duration between ART eligibility and ART initiation/last contact (months) (IQR) 2 (1–10) 4 (1–23) 4 (1–22) 3 (1–11) 1 (0–5) 1 (0–5) 1 (0–6) <0.01
Closure date 30 May 2015 21 Apr 2016 30 May 2016 31 Dec 2014 29 Jan 2016 17 May 2016