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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample

From: Comparing self-reported medication adherence measures with hair antiretroviral concentration among people living with HIV in Guangxi, China

Characteristics

All samples

Male

Female

n (%)

268 (100%)

185 (69.4%)

83 (30.6%)

Age (M ± SD), years

41.9 ± 7.8

42.1 ± 7.5

41.6 ± 8.36

Ethnicity, n (%)

   

 Han

188 (70.1%)

135 (73.0%)

53 (63.9%)

 Others

80 (29.9)

50 (27.0%)

30 (36.1%)

Education, n (%)

   

 Elementary school or below

128 (47.8%)

78 (42.2%)

50 (60.2%)

 Middle school

113 (44.2%)

87 (47.0%)

26 (31.3%)

 High school or higher

27 (10.1%)

20 (10.8%)

7 (8.4%)

Marital status, n (%)

   

 Single

27 (10.1%)

26 (14.1%)

1 (1.2%)

 Married/cohabitating

213 (79.5%)

145 (78.4%)

67 (81.9%)

 Others

28 (10.4%)

14 (7.6%)

14 (16.9%)

Work status, n (%)

   

 Full-time employed

156 (58.2%)

121 (65.4%)

35 (42.2%)

 Part-time employed

51 (19.0%)

24 (13.0%)

27 (32.5%)

 Unemployed

61 (22.8%)

40 (21.6%)

21 (25.3%)

Income per month, (yuan), n (%)

   

 < 1000

51 (19.0%)

41 (22.2%)

10 (12.0%)

 1000–2999

149 (55.6%)

96 (51.9%)

53 (63.9%)

 ≥ 3000

68 (25.4%)

48 (25.9%)

20 (24.1%)

ART regimen

   

 TDF based first-line ART, n (%)

251 (93.7%)

179 (96.8%)

72 (86.7%)

 TDF based second-line ART, n (%)

17 (6.3%)

6 (3.2%)

11 (13.3%)

Duration of HIV diagnosis, median (range), months

17.5 (2–37)

17 (2–37)

18 (3–34)

Duration of TDF-based ART, median (range), months

16.5 (1–36)

16 (1–36)

18 (2–34)

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation, TDF tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, ART antiretroviral therapy