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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of HBAC study participants Tororo and Busia Districts, Uganda, 2003-9, according to type of monitoring: viral load arm

From: No differences in clinical outcomes with the addition of viral load testing to CD4 cell count monitoring among HIV infected participants receiving ART in rural Uganda: Long-term results from the Home Based AIDS Care Project

 

ALL

Viral load arm

CD4 arm

 

Variable

N

%

n

%

n

%

p-value

Sex

F

810

72.7

409

73.0

401

72.4

0.807

M

304

27.3

151

27.0

153

27.6

 

Baseline CD4

<50

197

17.7

97

17.4

100

18.1

0.824

50–200

645

58.1

322

57.7

323

58.5

 

>200

268

24.1

139

24.9

129

23.4

 

Baseline viral load

<1000

35

3.2

17

3.1

18

3.3

0.434

1000–9999

47

4.3

28

5.1

19

3.5

 

10,000–99,999

311

28.3

148

26.8

163

29.9

 

> = 100,000

705

64.2

360

65.1

345

63.3

 

Baseline BMI

<18.5

302

27.8

149

27.4

153

28.1

0.347

18.5–24.9

713

65.5

351

64.5

362

66.5

 

25–29.9

53

4.9

32

5.9

21

3.9

 

> = 30

20

1.8

12

2.2

8

1.5

 
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