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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)
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