Table 2. Retention in care of patients who started antiretroviral therapy between 2007–2010 and 2012–2015 in Zimbabwe.
Months since ART initiation | 2012–2015 Evaluation | 2007–2010 Evaluation | Difference | |||||||
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N | Retention (%) | 95% CI | N | Retention (%) | 95% CI | % | 95%CI | aP value | ||
Overall | 6 | 3476 | 92.4 | (91.5–93.2) | ||||||
12 | 3066 | 86.5 | (85.3–87.5) | |||||||
24 | 1427 | 79.2 | (77.7–80.6) | |||||||
36 | 222 | 74.4 | (72.5–76.1) | |||||||
Children < 15 years | 6 | 250 | 97.3 | (94.4–98.7) | ||||||
12 | 230 | 94.2 | (90.5–96.4) | |||||||
24 | 114 | 86.3 | (81.0–90.2) | |||||||
36 | 17 | 82.3 | (75.5–87.4) | |||||||
Adults > 15 years | 6 | 3222 | 92.0 | (91.1–92.9) | 3739 | 90.7 | (86.1–93.8) | 1.3 | (-0.02–2.6) | 0.060 |
12 | 2832 | 85.9 | (84.7–87.0) | 3641 | 78.1 | (67.7–84.7) | 7.8 | (5.9–10.0) | <0.001 | |
24 | 1311 | 78.7 | (77.1–80.1) | 2003 | 68.8 | (58.5–77.5) | 9.9 | (6.9–12.9) | <0.001 | |
36 | 204 | 73.7 | (71.8–75.6) | 806 | 64.4 | (55.7–72.3) | 9.3 | (2.4–16.2) | <0.001 |
a: Two-sample test of proportions