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. 2020 Jun 23;19:2325958220931735. doi: 10.1177/2325958220931735

Table 1.

Trends in ART Uptake by Sex and ART Eligibility Period Among Adults Registered for HIV Care Under the National Program in Pune, India, From January 2005 to December 2017.a

Overall (N = 23 957) Period Ib (n =13 988) Period II (n = 8488) Period III (n = 950) Period IV (n = 531)
Male Female P Male Female P Male Female P Male Female P Male Female P
Number (%) 12 510 (52) 11 447 (48) 7285 (52) 6703 (48) 4441 (52) 4047 (48) 490 (52) 460 (48) 294 (55) 237 (45)
Eligible for ART at registrationc 8148 (65) 6629 (58) <.001 4225 (58) 3389 (51) <.001 3192 (72) 2622 (65) <.001 437 (89) 381 (83) .005 294 (100) 237 (100)
ART initiatedd 6529 (80) 5261 (79) .24 3256 (77) 2510 (74) .002 2709 (85) 2231 (85) .82 342 (78) 341 (90) <.001 222 (76) 179 (76) >.95
Time to ART initiation,e days
 <30 3853 (59) 3013 (57) <.001 1062 (33) 705 (28) <.001 2294 (85) 1829 (82) .03 298 (87) 314 (92) .18 199 (90) 165 (92) .47
 31-90 1512 (23) 1074 (20) 1220 (37) 827 (33) 242 (9) 217 (10) 31 (10) 17 (5) 19 (9) 13 (7)
 91-180 410 (6) 305 (6) 345 (11) 249 (10) 56 (2) 51 (2) 5 (1) 4 (1) 4 (1) 1 (1)
 >180 754 (12) 869 (17) 629 (19) 729 (29) 117 (4) 134 (6) 8 (2) 6 (2) - -

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy.

a All data presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

b Period I: January 1, 2005, to November 3, 2011 (ART eligible if CD4 <200 cells/μL), period II: November 4, 2011, to June 23, 2016 (ART eligible if CD4 <350 cells/μL), period III: June 24, 2016, to May 4, 2017 (ART eligible if CD4 ≤500 cells), and period IV: May 5, 2017, to December 31, 2017 (ART eligible irrespective of CD4 count).

c According to CD4 criteria.

d Of those who were ART eligible.

e After ART eligibility by CD4 criteria.