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Table 2 Characteristics of participants at enrolment into the CoLTART study by sex and study site

From: COHORT PROFILE: The Complications of Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy study in Uganda (CoLTART), a prospective clinical cohort

Characteristic

All combined

Entebbe site

Kyamulibwa site

n (%)

All, n (%)

Sex

All, n (%)

Sex

Females, n (%)

Males, n (%)

Females, n (%)

Males, n (%)

All by site

1095

666

459 (68.9)

207 (31.1)

429

252 (58.7)

177 (41.3)

Age, years

 18–34

127 (11.6)

34 (5.1)

29 (6.3)

5 (2.4)

93 (21.8)

65 (26.0)

28 (15.8)

 35–49

649 (59.3)

426 (64.0)

295 (64.3)

131 (63.3)

222 (52.0)

126 (50.4)

96 (54.2)

 50+

319 (29.1)

206 (30.9)

135 (29.4)

71 (34.3)

112 (26.2)

59 (23.6)

53 (30.0)

 Mean age, years (SD)

44.8 (9.3)

46.1 (8.1)

45.5 (8.1)

47.3 (7.9)

42.7 (10.6)

41.6 (10.4)

44.3 (10.8)

Marital status

 Never married

87 (8.0)

28 (4.2)

24 (5.2)

4 (1.9)

59 (13.8)

40 (15.9)

19 (10.7)

 Married/cohabiting

469 (42.8)

263 (39.5)

105 (22.9)

158 (76.3)

206 (48.0)

93 (36.9)

113 (63.8)

 Separated/divorced

265 (24.2)

150 (22.5)

126 (27.5)

24 (11.6)

115 (26.8)

78 (31.0)

37 (20.9)

 Widowed

274 (25.0)

225 (33.8)

204 (44.4)

21 (10.1)

49 (11.4)

41 (16.2)

8 (4.5)

Education level

 Incomplete primary

498 (45.5)

185 (27.8)

133 (29.0)

52 (25.1)

313 (73.0)

181 (71.8)

132 (74.6)

 Complete primary

169 (15.4)

119 (17.9)

85 (18.5)

34 (16.4)

50 (11.6)

27 (10.7)

23 (13.0)

 Secondary+

428 (39.1)

362 (54.3)

241 (52.5)

121 (58.5)

66 (15.4)

44 (17.5)

22 (12.4)

Employmenta

 Peasant/farmer

362 (33.1)

64 (9.6)

45 (9.8)

19 (9.2)

298 (69.5)

179 (71.0)

119 (67.2)

 Gainful employment

221 (20.2)

174 (26.2)

113 (24.7)

61 (29.5)

47 (11.0)

26 (10.3)

21 (11.9)

 Self-employed/business

427 (39.0)

360 (54.1)

242 (52.8)

118 (57.0)

67 (15.6)

36 (14.3)

31 (17.5)

 Unemployed

84 (7.7)

67 (10.1)

58 (12.7)

9 (4.3)

17 (3.9)

11 (4.4)

6 (3.4)

SES score tertileb

 Low

458 (42.0)

277 (41.9)

222 (48.9)

55 (26.6)

181 (42.2)

111 (44.0)

70 (39.5)

 Middle

413 (37.9)

245 (37.1)

159 (35.0)

86 (41.5)

168 (39.2)

104 (41.3)

64 (36.2)

 High

219 (20.1)

139 (21.0)

73 (16.1)

66 (31.9)

80 (18.6)

37 (14.7)

43 (24.3)

Tobacco consumptionc

 Never

898 (82.1)

575 (86.4)

430 (93.8)

145 (70.0)

323 (75.2)

234 (92.8)

89 (50.3)

 Ex-smoker

105 (9.6)

61 (9.2)

14 (3.1)

47 (22.7)

44 (10.3)

4 (1.6)

40 (22.6)

 Current

91 (8.3)

29 (4.4)

14 (3.1)

15 (7.2)

62 (14.5)

14 (5.6)

48 (27.1)

Alcohol consumptiond

 Never

408 (37.6)

248 (37.7)

186 (41.1)

62 (30.4)

160 (37.4)

112 (44.4)

48 (27.1)

 Ever >1 month

383 (35.3)

255 (38.9)

183 (40.4)

72 (35.3)

128 (29.7)

80 (31.7)

48 (27.1)

 Within <1 month

295 (27.1)

154 (23.4)

84 (18.5)

70 (34.3)

141 (32.9)

60 (23.9)

81 (45.8)

Work involves moderate/vigorous activitye

 No

494 (45.2)

433 (65.1)

333 (72.7)

100 (48.3)

61 (14.3)

48 (19.0)

13 (7.4)

 Yes

599 (54.8)

232 (34.9)

125 (27.3)

107 (51.7)

367 (85.7)

204 (81.0)

163 (92.6)

Days/week-animal proteinsf

 0

300 (27.6)

127 (19.3)

98 (21.6)

29 (14.1)

173 (40.3)

123 (48.8)

50 (28.2)

 1 or 2

487 (44.8)

298 (45.3)

210 (46.4)

88 (42.9)

189 (44.1)

98 (38.9)

91 (51.4)

 3+

300 (27.6)

233 (35.4)

145 (32.0)

88 (42.9)

67 (15.6)

31 (12.3)

36 (20.4)

Adds salt to foodg

 No

625 (57.8)

399 (61.0)

283 (63.0)

116 (56.6)

226 (52.8)

148 (58.7)

78 (44.3)

 Yes

457 (42.2)

255 (39.0)

166 (37.0)

89 (43.4)

202 (47.2)

104 (41.3)

98 (55.7)

Type of oil/fat used in cookingh

 None

146 (13.6)

68 (10.5)

43 (9.6)

25 (12.3)

78 (18.3)

54 (21.4)

24 (13.7)

 Vegetable oil

793 (73.6)

488 (75.1)

334 (74.9)

154 (75.5)

305 (71.4)

183 (72.6)

122 (69.7)

 Animal fat

111 (10.3)

73 (11.2)

53 (11.9)

20 (9.8)

38 (8.9)

13 (5.2)

25 (14.3)

 Others/none in particular

27 (2.5)

21 (3.2)

16 (3.6)

5 (2.5)

6 (1.4)

2 (0.8)

4 (2.3)

Total teaspoons of sugar added to drink/dayi

 <3

337 (31.5)

247 (38.4)

149 (33.7)

98 (48.8)

90 (21.0)

46 (18.3)

44 (25.0)

 4/7

428 (39.9)

279 (43.4)

202 (45.7)

77 (38.3)

149 (34.8)

84 (33.3)

65 (36.9)

 8+

306 (28.6)

117 (18.2)

91 (20.6)

26 (12.9)

189 (44.2)

122 (48.4)

67 (38.1)

  1. All combined combines both Entebbe and Kyamulibwa sites. SES score tertile—Social Economic Status score computed from asset index based on household ownership of items
  2. Number of participants with missing data: aEmployment—1, bSES score tertile—5, cTobacco consumption—1, dAlcohol consumption—9, eWork involves moderate/vigorous activity—2, fDays/week-animal proteins—8, gAdds salt to food—13, hType of oil/fat used in cooking—18, iTotal teaspoons of sugar added to drink/day—24