Table 1.
Characteristics of HIV-infected participants and their caregivers at enrolment in the SNACS study, Senegal a-b
| Characteristics | < 12 years N = 84 |
≥ 12 years N = 89 |
All N = 173 |
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girl | 34 | (40) | 35 | (39) | 69 | (40) | 0.88 |
| Decentralized study site | 51 | (61) | 42 | (47) | 93 | (54) | 0.07 |
| Acute malnutrition | 0.04 | ||||||
| Moderate | 57 | (68) | 47 | (53) | 104 | (46) | |
| Severe | 27 | (32) | 42 | (47) | 69 | (40) | |
| HAZ, median IQR | -1.7 | (-2.4 – -0.8) | -2.0 | (- 2.7 – - 1.2) | -1.8 | (-2.6 – - 0.9) | 0.09 |
| At school | 58 | (69) | 74 | (83) | 132 | (76) | 0.03 |
| Family status | 0.24 | ||||||
| Parents alive | 31 | (37) | 21 | (24) | 52 | (30) | |
| Mother orphan | 20 | (24) | 23 | (26) | 43 | (25) | |
| Father orphan | 16 | (19) | 25 | (28) | 41 | (24) | |
| Double orphan | 17 | (20) | 20 | (22) | 37 | (21) | |
| HIV disclosed | 5 | (6) | 44 | (49) | 49 | (28) | < 0.0001 |
| ARTc | 0.02 | ||||||
| No ART | 17 | (20) | 6 | (7) | 23 | (13) | |
| ART – virologic suppressiond | 26 | (31) | 39 | (44) | 65 | (38) | |
| ART – no virologic suppression | 40 | (48) | 43 | (49) | 83 | (49) | |
| CD4 cell/mm3, median IQR | 603 | (343–861) | 414 | (209–707) | 522 | (229–780) | 0.04 |
| Caregiver school level | 0.28 | ||||||
| None | 36 | (43) | 49 | (55) | 85 | (49) | |
| Primary | 25 | (30) | 21 | (24) | 46 | (27) | |
| Secondary and more | 23 | (27) | 19 | (21) | 42 | (24) | |
| Caregiver income | 0.50 | ||||||
| None | 40 | (48) | 36 | (40) | 76 | (44) | |
| Regular | 9 | (11) | 14 | (16) | 23 | (13) | |
| Irregular | 35 | (42) | 39 | (44) | 74 | (43) | |
| Food insecure household | 65 | (77) | 68 | (76) | 133 | (77) | 0.88 |
aData are N, % unless otherwise indicated
bAbbreviations: HAZ height-for-age z-score, IQR interquartile range, ART antiretroviral treatment
c2 missing values
dVirologic suppression is defined as viral load ≤50 copies/ml