Table 1.
Characteristics of 97 HIV-infected patients' sample.
| Mean age (years, SD) | 15 (4.51) | |
| 5–16 years (%, n) | 60% (58) | |
| 17–23 years (%, n) | 40% (39) | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics (%, n) | ||
| Female Gender | 66% (64) | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Caucasian | 64% (62) | |
| Sub Saharan Africa | 11% (11) | |
| South America | 8% (8) | |
| Other | 17% (16) | |
| Family structure | ||
| Biologic parent/s | 49% (47) | |
| Grandparents or extended family | 16% (15) | |
| Foster care or adoption | 29% (28) | |
| Other | 7% (7) | |
| Parental education (most educated caregiver) | ||
| No education/Read and write | 17% (16) | |
| Elementary/Secondary school | 31% (30) | |
| High school or higher degrees | 47% (46) | |
| Unknown | 5% (5) | |
| Attending at school | 85% (82) | |
| Number of repeated grades | ||
| 0 | 27% (26) | |
| 1 | 28% (27) | |
| ≥2 | 35% (34) | |
| No data | 10% (10) | |
| Reported academic performance | ||
| Good | 29% (28) | |
| Poor | 41% (40) | |
| With difficulties | 20% (19) | |
| No data | 10% (10) | |
| Immunological and virological characteristics at study entry | ||
| AIDS (%, n) | 27% (26) | |
| HIV-Encephalopathy (%, n) | 10% (10) | |
| Hepatitis C virus (%, n) | 6% (6) | |
| Median CD4 cells/mm3 (IQR) | 770 (570, 1004) | |
| Median CD4 % (IQR) | 35 (30, 40) | |
| Median CD4/CD8 (IQR) | 1.00 (0.7, 1.40) | |
| Viral load <50 cop/ml (%, n) | 80% (78) | |
| Median Nadir CD4 cells/mm3 (IQR) | 360 (185, 463) | |
| Median Nadir CD4 % (IQR) | 15% (10, 22) | |
| Median age at diagnosis (IQR) | 0.46 (0, 12.24) | |
| Antiretroviral treatment (years, IQR) | ||
| Median age at the start of ART (IQR) | 1.34 (0.01, 14) | |
| Median age at the start of cART (IQR) | 2.62 (0.01, 15) | |
| Time of treatment with ART (IQR) | 12.45 (0.98, 21) | |
| Time of treatment with cART (IQR) | 11.10 (0.51, 17) | |
| Median number of cART regimens (IQR) | 4 (0, 12) | |
| Current treatment situation (%, n) | ||
| Patients without ART | 6% (6) | |
| Patients with cART | 89% (86) | |
| Good adherence to treatment | 86% (78) | |
Abbreviations: SD: Standard Deviation, AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, CD4: CD4 T lymphocytes, IQR: Interquartile range, ART: Antiretroviral therapy, cART: Combination Antiretroviral Therapy.