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Table 1 Cohort characteristics at baseline

From: Risk factors for unstructured treatment interruptions and association with survival in low to middle income countries

Predictor

Level

No treatment interruption n (%)

≥90 day treatment interruption n (%)

n = 30,472

n = 10,162

Sex

Female

14,785 (48.5)

4835 (47.6)

Male

15,675 (51.4)

5326 (52.4)

Age (years)

<20

1601 (5.3)

481 (4.7)

20–39

18,408 (60.4)

6217 (61.2)

40–59

7181 (23.6)

1877 (18.5)

60+

318 (1.0)

67 (0.7)

WHO stage at ART initiation

1

2704 (8.9)

980 (9.6)

2

2862 (9.4)

1063 (10.5)

3

15,317 (50.3)

5083 (50.0)

4

9001 (29.5)

2825 (27.8)

CD4 count at ART initiation (cells/μL)

<200

13,182 (45.3)

3864 (38.0)

200–350

4000 (13.1)

1348 (13.3)

>350

1304 (4.3)

450 (4.4)

Marital status

Not married

13,517 (44.4)

4613 (45.6)

Married

15,945 (52.3)

5343 (52.6)

Region

Africa

6189 (20.3)

1996 (19.6)

Asia

24,281 (79.7)

8166 (80.4)

  1. Missing data <5 % for all apart from; age (9.7 % no uTI, 15.0 % uTI), and CD4 count (37.3 % no uTI, 44.3 % uTI)
  2. uTI unstructured treatment interruption