. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 18.

Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2019 May 2;30(8):739–747. doi: 10.1177/0956462418825405

Table 2.

Characteristics of study participants at enrolment: Clinical characteristics of the HIV-positive partners at baseline (before ART start).

	All enrolled couples with HIV-positive partner starting ART (N = 134)	Couples with HIV-positive partners having VL measured at all three time points (N=89)
CD4 cell count tested, number (%)	133 (99.3%)	89 (100%)
Median CD4 cell count (cells/mm³) (IQR)	374 (147–566.5)	374 (155–570)
CD4 cell count (cells/mm³)
≤100	28 (21.1%)	18 (20.2%)
101–350	35 (26.3%)	23 (25.8%)
351–500	24 (18.0%)	15 (16.9%)
>500	46 (34.6%)	33 (37.1%)
Median VL
Number of index partners tested for VL	123 (91.8%)	89 (100%)
Median VL log10 (IQR)	4.81 (3.96–5.47)	4.75 (3.91–5.34)

ART: antiretroviral therapy; IQR: interquartile range; VL: viral load.