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Table 2 Baseline CD4 counts and viral loads of study participants at ART initiation of the 701 children on ART

From: Incidence and risk factors for first line anti retroviral treatment failure among Ugandan children attending an urban HIV clinic

 

Cases

Controls

 
  

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

P value*

Absolute CD4 count

Overall

241 (79–534)

313 (127–625)

0.035

 

≤ 5 years

542 (273 – 1214)

728 (461 – 1129)

0.038

 

>5-10 years

257 (133–474)

272 (147–382)

0.873

 

>10 – 18 years

135 (50–210)

130 (44–262)

0.622

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P value

 

Percentage CD4 count

Overall

15 (10.5)

16 (11.0)

0.223

 

≤ 5 years

19 (10.9)

19 (9.5)

0.945

 

>5-10 years

15 (8.3)

16 (12.1)

0.406

 

>10 – 18 years

11 (10.0)

13 (11.0)

0.283

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

P value*

 

Viral load (x10 4)

Overall

12.0 (2.4 – 38.6)

7.8 (2.3 - 35)

0.176

 

≤ 5 years

18.8 (2.9 – 75)

17.7 (2.5 – 52.5)

0.283

 

>5-10 years

4.4 (1.5 – 17.4)

6.1 (1.8 – 28.6)

0.658

 

>10 – 18 years

13.1 (2.4 – 37.0)

7.6 (2.0 – 25.5)

0.183

  1. * P value based on Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
  2. The baseline CD4 counts, and viral loads were.
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