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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Determinants of viral load non-suppression among adolescents in Mbale District, Eastern Rural Uganda

Characteristic

N (%)

Non-suppressed group N (%)

Age categories

  

 13–15 years

300 (52.9)

96 (32.0)

 16–19 years

267 (47.1)

82 (30.7)

Sex

  

 Female

335 (59.1)

89 (26.6)

 Male

231 (40.8)

89 (38.5)

Education level

  

 Secondary/Tertiary Level

200 (35.2)

49 (24.5)

 Primary education level

336 (59.3)

113 (33.6)

 No formal education

31 (5.5)

16 (51.6)

Health Facility Level

  

Health Center III

27 (4.8)

153 (31.7)

Health Center IV

58 (10.2)

16 (27.6)

Regional Referral Hospital

482 (85)

9 (33.3)

Duration on ART

  

 6–12 months

59 (10.4)

9 (15.5)

 > 12 months-5 years

185 (32.6)

54 (29.2)

 > 5 years

323 (57)

115 (35.6)

WHO Clinical disease stage

  

 Stage I

132 (23.3)

42 (31.8)

 Stage II

279 (49.3)

73 (26.2)

 Stage III

120 (21.2)

50 (41.7)

 Stage IV

35 (6.2)

13 (37.1)

ART regimen

  

 1st line regimen

414 (73)

107 (25.9)

 2nd line regimen

150 (26.5)

68 (45.3)

 3rd line regimen

3 (0.5)

 

Presence of comorbidities

  

 Yes

19 (3.4)

167 (30.6)

 No

546 (96.6)

11 (57.9)