Table 1 Patients’ socio-economic and clinical-laboratory characteristics at enrolment
Characteristics | Sub-character | Females (n = 72) | Males (n = 216) | p value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(%) | 95% CI | (%) | 95% CI | |||
Education | Secondary or less | 51 | 39–63 | 48 | 41–55 | >0.05 |
High school | 36 | 25–48 | 42 | 35–49 | ||
College/university | 13 | 6–22 | 11 | 7–16 | ||
Occupation | Unemployed | 12 | 8–17 | 27 | 23–32 | <0.05 |
Employed | 88 | 80–95 | 73 | 68–77 | ||
Known PLHIV in family | Yes | 65 | 59–72 | 27 | 23–31 | <0.01 |
No | 35 | 28–42 | 73 | 69–78 | ||
Mode of HIV infection | Sexual intercourse | 94 | 89–98 | 29 | 24–33 | <0.001 |
IDU | 4 | 2–8 | 64 | 59–68 | <0.001 | |
Do not know | 2 | 0–5 | 7 | 5–10 | ||
Disclosure of HIV status | Yes | 92 | 88–95 | 92 | 91–96 | >0.05 |
No | 8 | 4–11 | 8 | 5–10 |  | |
History of IDU | Yes | 5 | 2–8 | 73 | 69–78 | <0.001 |
No | 95 | 92–96 | 27 | 23–31 | ||
Clinical stage | Stage 3 or 4 | 33 | 28–39 | 61 | 58–64 | <0.05 |
Stage 1 or 2 | 67 | 62–70 | 39 | 35–44 | ||
Duration of known HIV infection | ≥2 years | 36 | 30–41 | 45 | 40–49 | >0.05 |
<2 year | 64 | 57–70 | 55 | 50–60 | ||
CD4 cell count | ≥100/µl | 65 | 58–71 | 45 | 39–51 | <0.01 |
<100/µl | 35 | 29–41 159 159 | 55 | 50–60 99 60 | ||
CD4 cell count by group (cells/µl) | 0–49 50–99 100–149 150–199 ≥200 Mean Median | 18.1 12.5 16.7 22.2 30.6 159 159 |  | 46.8 18.1 9.7 11.6 13.9 |  | <0.0001 |
Viral load by group | <400 400–3499 3500–9999 10000–49999 ≥50000 | 0 16.2 6.5 25 52.3 |  | 0 20.8 12.5 26.4 40.3 |  | >0.05 |