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Table 2 Medical history among adolescents living with HIV with a low and high level of preparedness for transition to adult care

From: Transition into adult care: factors associated with level of preparedness among adolescents living with HIV in Cambodia

Medical history

Total (n = 223)

Level of preparedness for transitiona

Low (≤7) (n = 104)

High (>7) (n = 119)

p value†

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Type of ART site

 Pediatric

206 (92.8)

67 (95.7)

139 (92.1)

0.59

 Adult

10 (4.5)

2 (2.86)

7 (4.6)

 Other

6 (2.7)

1 (1.4)

5 (3.3)

Type of current treatment

0.87

 First line

183 (82.4)

58 (84.1)

124 (81.6)

 Second line

36 (16.2)

11 (15.9)

25 (16.4)

 Opportunistic infections

3 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

3 (2.0)

Time since first ART clinic visit (in months)

114 ± 39

111 ± 38

116 ± 39

0.33

Time since first ART initiation (in months)

101 ± 40

100 ± 41

102 ± 41

0.66

Time from first visit to ART start (in months)

14 ± 25

12 ± 22

15 ± 26

0.50

First CD4 count

632 ± 506

623 ± 523

636 ± 502.4

0.86

Latest CD4 count

672 ± 295

717 ± 309

655 ± 286

0.15

First viral load count (copies)

44,691 ± 161,304

38,015 ± 139,375

47,922 ± 171,630

0.68

Latest viral load count (copies)

7686 ± 48,682

10,306 ± 77,534

6547 ± 27,418

0.61

Visual adherence scale (%)

95.6 ± 9.8

93.8 ± 10.7

97.1 ± 8.6

0.01

  1. Values are number (%) for categorical variables and mean (± SD) for continuous variables
  2. ART antiretroviral therapy, HIV human immunodeficiency virus
  3. †Chi square or Fisher’s exact test was used for categorical outcome variables and Student’s t test was used for continuous outcome variables
  4. aMean score of preparedness for transition scale was used to divide participants into two groups—adolescents with low level of readiness (≤7) and adolescents with high level of readiness (>7)