Table 1. Demographics of cohort.
| Overall n = 16007 |
Early n = 8420 |
Advanced n = 7587 |
p value | n. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (IQR) | 33.0 (28.0–39.0) | 31.0 (26.0–37.0) | 35.0 (29.0–41.0) | <0.001 | 16007 |
| Sex: | <0.001 | 16007 | |||
| Male | 5980 (37.4%) | 2517 (29.9%) | 3463 (45.6%) | ||
| Female | 10027 (62.6%) | 5903 (70.1%) | 4124 (54.4%) | ||
| BMI: | <0.001 | 12845 | |||
| <18 | 2521 (19.6%) | 578 (8.98%) | 1943 (30.3%) | ||
| 18–24 | 8097 (63.0%) | 4261 (66.2%) | 3836 (59.8%) | ||
| >24 | 2227 (17.3%) | 1594 (24.8%) | 633 (9.87%) | ||
| Point of entry: | <0.001 | 15924 | |||
| VCT | 13153 (82.6%) | 6728 (80.4%) | 6425 (85.0%) | ||
| Health Care Facility | 1617 (10.2%) | 777 (9.29%) | 840 (11.1%) | ||
| PMTCT | 1054 (6.62%) | 785 (9.39%) | 269 (3.56%) | ||
| Other | 100 (0.63%) | 74 (0.88%) | 26 (0.34%) | ||
| Marital status: | <0.001 | 15995 | |||
| Married | 10799 (67.5%) | 5993 (71.2%) | 4806 (63.4%) | ||
| Divorced | 1880 (11.8%) | 953 (11.3%) | 927 (12.2%) | ||
| Single | 1093 (6.83%) | 511 (6.07%) | 582 (7.68%) | ||
| Widowed | 2223 (13.9%) | 957 (11.4%) | 1266 (16.7%) | ||
| Education level: | 0.215 | 7508 | |||
| Primary | 1991 (26.5%) | 1050 (26.4%) | 941 (26.7%) | ||
| Secondary | 5412 (72.1%) | 2883 (72.4%) | 2529 (71.7%) | ||
| Tertiary | 105 (1.40%) | 47 (1.18%) | 58 (1.64%) | ||
| Profession: | <0.001 | 14893 | |||
| Employed | 3574 (24.0%) | 1611 (21.2%) | 1963 (27.0%) | ||
| Unemployed | 9998 (67.1%) | 5434 (71.4%) | 4564 (62.7%) | ||
| Other | 1321 (8.87%) | 566 (7.44%) | 755 (10.4%) |
Table of basic demographic characteristics of overall cohort and by stage of presentation. Number and percentage given for each category, except age where median value and IQR range is given. Chi squared test or Mann-Whitney test used to test for significance of difference between stages of presentation. VCT: Voluntary counselling and testing, PMTCT: Prevention of mother to child transmission.