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. 2020 Nov 4;15(11):e0241071. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241071

Table 2. HIV drug resistance by sex, age, and locality type, South Africa, 2017.

Variable n Resistance %# (95% CI) p value NNRTI only resistance %# (95% CI) p value Dual NNRTI & NRTI resistance %# (95% CI) p value
Sex
Male 252 29.4 (22.5–37.4) 0.473 19.6 (13.5–27.7) 0.772 9.7 (5.8–15.7) 0.202
Female 445 25.8 (19.8–32.8) 18.3 (13.2–24.8) 6.3 (4.2–9.5)
Age
0–14 years (Total) 26 33.7 (17.6–54.7) 17.7 (7.2–37.4) 14.9 (5.3–35.2)
 Male 12 35.8 (14.6–64.6) 0.823 ** 0.749 ** 0.461
 Female 14 31.5 (11.1–62.8) ** **
15–24 years (Total) 98 30.5 (18.7–45.5) 22.1 (12.6–35.9) 5.7 (1.7–16.8)
 Male 25 48.7 (26.7–71.2) 0.067 36.7 (17.8–60.7) 0.063 ** **
 Female 73 22.6 (11.4–39.7) 15.8 (7.4–30.7) **
25+ years (Total) 573 26.6 (21.7–32.2) 18.4(14.0–23.8) 7.9 (5.4–11.4)
 Male 215 27.1 (19.6–36.1) 0.89 18.0 (11.5–27.0) 0.88 9.1(5.1–15.8) 0.45
 Female 358 26.3 (19.6–34.1) 18.8 (13.1–26.3) 6.9 (4.3–10.8)
15–49 years (Total) 568 27.5 (22.5–33.2) 19.2 (14.8–24.4) 7.8(5.3–11.3)
 Male 207 28.8 (21.4–37.6) 0.676 19.7 (13.2–28.2) 0.857 9.1 (5.1–15.9) 0.392
 Female 361 26.4 (19.7–34.4) 18.7 (13.0–26.2) 6.6 (4.1–10.4)
50+years (Total) 103 24.1 (14.8–36.7) 17.0 (8.9–30.0) 5.7 (2.5–12.8)
 Male 33 34.8 (15.1–61.5) 0.191 21.8 (5.8–56.0) 0.562 ** **
 Female 70 19.8 (11.7–31.4) 15.1 (8.2–26.2) **
Locality type
Urban 388 29.5 (23.5–36.4) 0.077 21.0 (15.6–27.6) 0.138 7.6 (4.8–11.9) 0.792
Rural informal (tribal areas) & rural formal (farms) 309 23.1 (17.4–30.1) 14.6 (9.8–21.1)
  • (5.2–12.9)

# Weighted percentages.

** Sample was too small for the respective disaggregation and comparisons.

NNRTI- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors; NRTI- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.