Table 1.
Distribution of CD4 count and associated selected covariates with percent missing.
| Covariates | Level | CD4 count N (%) | p-value | % Missing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 200 | 200–500 | > 500 | ||||
| Baseline BMI category | Underweight | 2 (0.03) | 219 (3.12) | 254 (3.62) | < 0.0001 | 0.0 |
| Normal weight | 114 (1.62) | 2305 (32.84) | 2690 (38.32) | |||
| Overweight | 18 (0.26) | 512 (7.29) | 657 (9.36) | |||
| Obese | 0 | 17 (0.24) | 231 (3.29) | |||
| Baseline viral load | Undetected | 0 | 0 | 16 (0.23) | < 0.0001 | 0.0 |
| Low | 20 (0.28) | 791 (11.27) | 1532 (21.83) | |||
| Medium | 45 (0.64) | 1209 (17.22) | 1497 (21.23) | |||
| High | 69 (0.98) | 1053 (15) | 787 (11.21) | |||
| Number of sexual partners | No partner | 29 (0.41) | 565 (8.05) | 579 (8.25) | < 0.0001 | 0.0 |
| Stable partner | 85 (1.21) | 2274 (32.4) | 3078 (43.85) | |||
| Many partners | 20 (0.28) | 214 (3.05) | 175 (2.49) | |||
| Age group | < 20 | 1 (0.01) | 130 (1.82) | 121 (1.72) | < 0.0001 | 0.0 |
| 20–29 | 97 (1.38) | 1872 (26.67) | 1977 (28.17) | |||
| 30–39 | 17 (0.24) | 813 (11.58) | 1255 (17.88) | |||
| 40–49 | 19 (0.27) | 203 (2.89) | 369 (5.26) | |||
| 50–59 | 0 | 35 (0.5) | 91 (1.3) | |||
| ≥ 60 | 0 | 0 | 19 (0.27) | |||
| Educational level | Primary school | 3 (0.04) | 104 (1.48) | 181 (2.58) | 0.0129 | 0.0 |
| Secondary school | 131 (1.87) | 2949 (42.01) | 3651 (52.02) | |||
| Place of residence | Rural | 62 (0.88) | 1467 (20.90) | 1806 (25.73) | 0.7176 | 0.06 |
| Urban | 72 (1.03) | 1586 (22.6) | 2026 (28.86) | |||
| ART initiation group | Pre ART | 110 (1.57) | 2566 (36.56) | 2783 (39.65) | < 0.0001 | 0.0 |
| Post ART | 20 (24) | 487 (6.94) | 1049 (14.95) | |||
The response variable (CD cell count) has 110 (1.5%) missing observations.