Table 1 Characteristics of female sex workers (FSWs) and non-FSWs at their HAART initiation visit in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2004-2007

Socio-demographic characteristics

   Age, median (IQR), years

31

(27, 35)

35

(31, 41)

   Education (n = 89)

Secondary

10

(22)

11

(26)

Primary

15

(32)

12

(28)

Illiterate

21

(46)

20

(46)

   Age at first sex, median (IQR), years (n = 89)

16

(15, 17)

16

(15, 18)

   Married (n = 89)

10

(22)

10

(23)

   Trip outside the city last 12 months (n = 89)

24

(52)

20

(47)

Behavioural characteristics

   Alcohol use in the last week

30

(64)

16

(33)

   Has a steady sexual partner at enrolment (n = 88)

37

(80)

21

(50)

   No. sexual intercourses in the last week, median (IQR), (n = 88)

2

(0-3)

0

(0-1)

   Always uses condoms with unknown casual sexual partners (n = 88)

35

(76)

31

(74)

   Always uses condoms with known sexual partners (n = 88)

25

(54)

30

(71)

   Always uses condoms with steady sexual partner(s) (n = 31)

3

(13)

3

(38)

Clinical and biological characteristics

   Body mass index, median (IQR), kg/m²

20.7

(18.4, 23.6)

19.0

(17.4, 21.8)

   WHO clinical stages (n = 88)*

Stage I

4

(8)

4

(9)

Stage II

10

(22)

9

(22)

Stage III

27

(59)

22

(52)

Stage IV

5

(11)

7

(17)

   CD4+ count, median (IQR), cells/μL (n = 95)

147

(79, 183)

144

(100, 197)

   Plasma HIV-1 RNA, mean (95% CI), log₁₀ copies/ml (n = 92)

4.94

(4.70, 5.18)

5.15

(4.97, 5.33)

   HSV-2 seropositive

44

(94)

46

(96)

HAART regimen

   AZT/3TC/efavirenz

29

(62)

24

(50)

   d4T/3TC/nevirapine

10

(22)

12

(25)

   d4T/3TC/efavirenz

3

(6)

10

(21)

   AZT/3TC/nevirapine

3

(6)

1

(2)

   AZT/3TC/nelfinavir

2

(4)

0

(0)

   AZT/3TC/indinavir-ritonavir

0

(0)

1

(2)