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Table 2 Baseline and on follow up clinical characteristics for cohort of patients on ART for a least 6 months at JUSH, September 2012 to July 2014

From: Immunological outcomes of Tenofovir versus Zidovudine-based regimens among people living with HIV/AIDS: a two years retrospective cohort study

Clinical characteristics

TDF group no (%)

AZT group no (%)

P value

Baseline CD4+ count

 <200

92 (65.7)

74 (53.9)

0.029*

 ≥200

48 (34.3)

66 (47.1)

 

 Mean (SD)

164.64 (83.36)

175.21 (89.14)

0.307**

Baseline WHO clinical stage

 I

32 (22.9)

36 (25.7)

 

 II

46 (32.9)

47 (33.6)

0.928

 III

47 (33.6)

43 (30.7)

 

 IV

15 (10.6)

14 (10)

 

Baseline functional status

 W

110 (78.6)

79 (56.4)

 

 A

24 (17.1)

56 (40.0)

0.000*

 B

6 (4.3)

5 (3.6)

 

TB Treatment

 No

120 (84.7)

113 (87.9)

0.773

 Yes

20 (15.3)

17 (12.1)

 

Prophylaxis

 CPT+ INH

37 (26.4)

30 (21.5)

 

 CPT alone

86 (61.4)

99 (70.7)

0.231

 Neither

17 (12.2)

11 (7.8)

 
  1. * Statistically significant at P value 0.05 cut off point
  2. ** T test