Table 1.
Participant characteristics overall and stratified by engagement in care status
| All n=1031 | Disengaged n=341 | Stayed in-care n=690 | p value* | |
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| Sex | ||||
| Male, n (%) | 360 (34.9) | 142 (41.6) | 218 (31.6) | 0.002 |
| Female, n (%) | 671 (65.1) | 199 (58.4) | 472 (68.4) | |
| Age | ||||
| years, median (IQR) | 36 (31–42) | 35 (30–42) | 36 (31–42) | 0.06 |
| <30, n (%) | 202 (19.6) | 85 (24.9) | 117 (17.0) | 0.02 |
| 30–39, n (%) | 488 (47.3) | 151 (44.3) | 337 (48.8) | |
| 40–49, n (%) | 253 (24.5) | 76 (22.3) | 177 (25.7) | |
| ≥50, n (%) | 88 (8.5) | 29 (8.5) | 59 (8.6) | |
| Year ** | ||||
| 2005–2008, n (%) | 290 (28.1) | 127 (37.2) | 163 (23.6) | <0.0001 |
| 2009–2012, n (%) | 451 (43.7) | 154 (45.2) | 297 (43.0) | |
| 2013–2016, n (%) | 290 (28.1) | 60 (17.6) | 230 (33.3) | |
| Viral load ** | ||||
| log10 copies/mL, median (IQR) | 4.75 (4.10–5.25) | 4.82 (4.13–5.31) | 4.71 (4.10–5.23) | 0.25 |
| CD4 count ** | ||||
| cells/mm3, median (IQR) | 151 (64–261) | 125 (48–246) | 161 (75–267) | 0.003 |
| Weight ** | ||||
| kg, median (IQR) | 61.0 (53.0–71.0) | 59.0 (51.3–68.0) | 62.0 (54.8–72.1) | 0.0002 |
| Education | ||||
| None/Primary, n (%) | 283 (27.4) | 98 (29.5) | 185 (27.6) | 0.03 |
| Secondary, n (%) | 384 (38.3) | 141 (42.5) | 243 (36.2) | |
| Post-secondary, n (%) | 336 (33.5) | 93 (28.0) | 243 (36.2) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Professional, n (%) | 95 (9.6) | 25 (7.6) | 70 (10.6) | 0.11 |
| Skilled, n (%) | 371 (37.5) | 118 (35.8) | 253 (38.3) | |
| Elementary, n (%) | 260 (26.3) | 101 (30.6) | 159 (24.1) | |
| Other, n (%) | 264 (26.7) | 86 (26.1) | 178 (27.0) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single, n (%) | 173 (17.4) | 65 (19.5) | 108 (16.4) | 0.12 |
| Married, n (%) | 688 (69.4) | 217 (65.2) | 471 (71.5) | |
| Other, n (%) | 131 (13.2) | 51 (15.3) | 80 (12.1) | |
| Dependants | ||||
| median (IQR) | 3 (1–4) | 3 (1–4) | 3 (1–4) | 0.80 |
| Travel time to clinic | ||||
| minutes, median (IQR) | 90 (45–120) | 90 (45–150) | 85 (45–120) | 0.03 |
| First-line ART duration | ||||
| years, median (IQR) | 2.5 (1.5–4.1) | 2.1 (1.3–3.1) | 2.6 (1.6–4.5) | <0.0001 |
*
p value for Chi-square or Kruskal-Wallis test, as appropriate.
**
Year, viral load (HIV-1 RNA), CD4 count and weight at start of second-line therapy.
Missing (all, in-care, disengaged): education - 28, 19, 9; occupation - 41, 30, 11; marital status- 39, 31, 8; dependants - 89, 60, 29; travel time - 6, 4, 2; first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) duration - 114, 65, 49; viral load - 319, 203, 116; CD4 count - 75, 45, 30; weight - 67, 51, 16.