Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants (N=600).
| Characteristic | Total (N=600) | Intervention (n=300) | Standard (n=300) | P valuea | |||||
| Gender, n (%) | |||||||||
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Female | 413 (68.8) | 210 (70.0) | 203 (67.7) | .54 | ||||
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Male | 187 (31.2) | 90 (30.0) | 97 (32.3) | —b | ||||
| Age (years), n (%) | |||||||||
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16-24 | 161 (26.8) | 82 (27.3) | 79 (26.3) | .78 | ||||
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25-35 | 219 (36.5) | 104 (34.7) | 115 (38.3) | — | ||||
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36-50 | 181 (30.2) | 95 (31.7) | 86 (28.7) | — | ||||
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≥50 | 39 (6.5) | 19 (6.3) | 20 (6.7) | — | ||||
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||||||
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Married | 449 (74.8) | 223 (74.3) | 226(75.3) | .78 | ||||
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Not married | 151 (25.2) | 77 (25.7) | 74 (24.7) | — | ||||
| Education level, n (%) | |||||||||
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None | 24 (4.0) | 8 (2.7) | 16 (5.3) | .32 | ||||
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Primary | 231 (38.5) | 118 (39.3) | 113 (37.7) | — | ||||
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Secondary | 265 (44.2) | 137 (45.7) | 128 (42.7) | — | ||||
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Tertiary | 80 (13.3) | 37 (12.3) | 43 (14.3) | — | ||||
| Alcohol use, n (%) | |||||||||
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Yes | 292 (48.7) | 147 (49.3) | 144 (48.0) | .74 | ||||
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No | 308 (51.3) | 152(50.7) | 156(52.0) | — | ||||
| ARTc regimen, n (%) | |||||||||
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First-line | 468 (78.0) | 230 (76.7) | 238 (79.3) | .43 | ||||
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Second-line | 132 (22.0) | 70 (23.3) | 62 (20.7) | — | ||||
| Duration on ART (years), median (IQR) | 2.0 (0.3-3.8) | 1.8 (0.3-3.8) | 2.1 (0.3-3.7) | .23 | |||||
| Baseline HIV RNA, n (%) | |||||||||
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HIV RNA≥50 copies/mL | 212 (35.3) | 113 (37.3) | 99 (33.0) | .28 | ||||
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HIV RNA<50 copies/mL | 388 (64.7) | 187 (62.7) | 201 (67.0) | — | ||||
aThere were no differences between the two study arms, and P was attained using the Pearson chi-square test.
bNot available.
cART: antiretroviral therapy.