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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Dec 10;21(2):219–223. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12639

Table:

Characteristics of 350 patients who had HIV drug resistance testing

Category Aurum Tygerberg
Number (Percentage) or
Median (interquartile range)
Number (Percentage) or
Median (interquartile range)
Cohort n 184 166
Sex
 Male 119 (65) 47 (28)
 Female 65 (35) 119 (72)
Age, median 38 (33, 45) 35 (29, 41)
CD4 count at ART initiation 129 (64, 223) 116 (68, 174)
Single HIV RNA >1000 184 (100) 166 (100)
2 consecutive VL>1000 (WHO virologic failure definition) 88 (48) 99 (60)
WHO immunologic failure criteria 103 (56) 38 (23)
Duration of ART at time of resistance testing, months 20 (11, 31) 14 (9.2, 24)
ART regimen at resistance testing
NRTI + lamivudine
 AZT 93 (51) 26 (16)
 D4T 53 (29) 138 (83)
 TDF 36 (20) 2 (1.2)
NNRTI
 Efavirenz 131 (71) 80 (48)
 Nevirapine 53 (29) 87 (52)