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Table 2 Outcome data, randomised patients (N = 44)

From: Optimal starting point for antiretroviral HIV treatment in a town in Cameroon: a randomised controlled study

Outcome

Early treatment cd4+ <350 cells/mm3 (N = 21)

Delayed treatment cd4 + < 250 cells/mm3 (N = 23)

Dead

2

6

Lost to follow-up

5

9

-but known to be alive when project ended

3

4

Started ARV

14

11

Alive with ARV

12

8

Number of days from diagnosis to start of ARV, mean (median) (N = 12 + 8)

390 (164)

340 (276)

Not started ARV

7

12

Alive without having started ARV

4

3

Number of days from diagnosis to censoring, mean (median)

857 (808)

585 (562)

Evaluated patients (N = 22)

  

Number of patients evaluated (Females + Males)

14 (8 + 6)

8 (6 + 2)

Age in years, mean (median)

35 (32)

39 (40)

WHO clinical stage

  

stage 1

13

7

stage 2

1

-

stage 4 (aids)

-

1

cd4+ count, cells/mm3, mean (median) (N = 14 + 7)

556 (547)

382 (319)

Body mass index (BMI), mean (N = 14 + 8)

23 · 6

22 · 8

Weight in kilos, mean (N = 14 + 8)

65 · 2

62 · 6

Haemoglobin concentration, g/dl, mean (N = 14 + 7)

12 · 7

11 · 2