Table 3.
Median CD4 cell count of HIV positive clients who had a POC CD4 test result available at mobile HIV testing services in Cape Town, South Africa from 2014 to 2016
| POC CD4 test done |
Median CD4 cell count (IQR) |
p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 640 | 429 (290–584) | |
| Sex | |||
| Males | 258 | 370 (273–501) | < 0.001 |
| Females | 382 | 464 (297–641) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| 12–18 | 36 | 565 (445–764) | < 0.001** |
| 19–24 | 109 | 452 (327–617) | |
| 25–29 | 135 | 454 (354–589) | |
| 30–39 | 235 | 392 (253–552) | |
| 40–49 | 78 | 431 (254–586) | |
| 50+ | 46 | 422 (255–532) | |
| Previously tested for HIV | |||
| No | 80 | 352 (246–565) | 0.047 |
| Yes | 560 | 438 (294–586) | |
| TB positive diagnosis | |||
| No | 638 | 432 (290–585) | 0.029 |
| Yes | 2 | 118 (50–186) | |
POC point-of-care, IQR interquartile range, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, TB tuberculosis
* Mann–Whitney U-test, unless stated otherwise
** Kruskall-wallis test