Table 1.

Baseline (at ART initiation) characteristics of intervention and non-intervention groups.

Independent Variable/Category	Intervention (n=138)		Non-Intervention (n=312)		P
	N.	% mean/median	N.	% mean/median
Median BMI at treatment initiation	138	16.78	312	20.69	<0.001
Sex
Male	32	23.2	89	28.5	0.239
Female	106	76.8	223	71.5
Mean current age in years	138	35.8	312	37.3	0.118
Education level
No education	85	61.6	177	56.7	0.566
Primary	17	12.3	40	12.8
Middle School	16	11.6	32	10.3
High School	14	10.1	37	11.8
Tertiary	6	4.3	26	8.3
Marital Status
Polygynous marriage	62	44.9	116	37.2	0.401
Monogamous marriage	24	17.4	70	22.4
Divorced/widowed	26	18.8	67	21.5
Never Married	26	18.8	59	18.9
Average treatment duration in months	138	42.0	312	43.9	0.257
Household size
Five members or fewer	85	61.6	180	57.7	0.438
At least six members	53	38.4	132	42.3
Nutrition counseling
Did not receive	53	38.4	171	54.8	<0.001
Received	85	61.6	141	45.2
Recent or current opportunistic infection
Did not have	59	42.7	174	55.8	0.011
Had	79	57.3	138	44.2
Recent or current appetite-related problems
Did not have	115	83.3	233	74.7	0.043
Had	23	16.7	79	25.3
Poverty
Non-poor (Income at least 8175 Guinean Francs per day)	84	60.9	233	74.7	0.003
Poor (Income less than 8175 Guinean Francs per day)	54	39.1	79	25.3
Another household member living with HIV
No	95	68.8	214	68.6	0.958
Yes	43	31.2	98	31.4