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. 2022 Nov 11;8(11):e11527. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11527

Table 2.

Clinical, immunological and treatment-related characteristics of adults receiving ART following ‘Test and Treat strategy” in Bahir dar city, Northwest Ethiopia, November 2016 to December 2021.

Variables (N= 1020) Categories Failure status
Frequency %
Event Censored
Time to ART initiation Within 7 days 203 373 576 56.5
After 7 day 97 347 444 43.5
baseline WHO clinical stage Stage I and II 178 491 669 65.5
Stage III and IV 122 229 351 34.5
baseline CD4 category Greater than 500 62 157 219 21.3
From 200 to 499 109 304 413 40.5
<200 129 259 398 38.2
Baseline BMI category Underweight 95 181 276 27.1
Normal and/or overweight 205 539 744 72.9
Functional status Working 224 570 794 77.8
Ambulatory 58 120 178 17.5
Bedridden 18 30 48 4.7
History of TB/HIV co-infection Yes 68 143 215 21.1
No 232 577 805 78.9
History of OIs Yes 120 243 363 35.5
No 180 477 657 64.5
Baseline ART regimen 1e (TDF_3TC_EFV) 234 486 723 70.9
1j (TDF_3TC- DTG) 29 167 193 18.9
Others 37 67 104 10.2
History of treatment failure Yes 17 39 56 5.5
No 283 681 964 94.5
History of regimen change Yes 75 190 265 26
No 225 530 755 74
History of side effects Yes 49 39 88 8.6
No 251 681 932 91.4
CPT prophylaxis status Received 152 378 530 52
Not-received 148 342 490 48
IPT prophylaxis status Received 157 440 597 58.5
Not_ received 143 280 423 41.5

Others:- include 1c(AZT-3TC-NVP), 1d(AZT-3TC-EFV), 1f(TDF-3TC-NVP).

ART - Anti-retroviral Therapy, CD4+ cells - Cluster of differentiation cells, CPT-Cotrimoxsazole preventive therapy, IPT- Isoniazid preventive therapy, OIs-opportunistic infections, TB - tuberculosis.