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Table 1 Characteristics of HIV-infected participants and their caregivers at enrolment in the SNACS study, Senegal a-b

From: Adherence to ready-to-use food and acceptability of outpatient nutritional therapy in HIV-infected undernourished Senegalese adolescents: research-based recommendations for routine care

Characteristics

<  12 years

N = 84

≥ 12 years

N = 89

All

N = 173

P value

Girl

34

(40)

35

(39)

69

(40)

0.88

Decentralized study site

51

(61)

42

(47)

93

(54)

0.07

Acute malnutrition

      

0.04

Moderate

57

(68)

47

(53)

104

(46)

 

Severe

27

(32)

42

(47)

69

(40)

 

HAZ, median IQR

-1.7

(-2.4 – -0.8)

-2.0

(- 2.7 – - 1.2)

-1.8

(-2.6 – - 0.9)

0.09

At school

58

(69)

74

(83)

132

(76)

0.03

Family status

      

0.24

Parents alive

31

(37)

21

(24)

52

(30)

 

Mother orphan

20

(24)

23

(26)

43

(25)

 

Father orphan

16

(19)

25

(28)

41

(24)

 

Double orphan

17

(20)

20

(22)

37

(21)

 

HIV disclosed

5

(6)

44

(49)

49

(28)

< 0.0001

ARTc

      

0.02

No ART

17

(20)

6

(7)

23

(13)

 

ART – virologic suppressiond

26

(31)

39

(44)

65

(38)

 

ART – no virologic suppression

40

(48)

43

(49)

83

(49)

 

CD4 cell/mm3, median IQR

603

(343–861)

414

(209–707)

522

(229–780)

0.04

Caregiver school level

      

0.28

None

36

(43)

49

(55)

85

(49)

 

Primary

25

(30)

21

(24)

46

(27)

 

Secondary and more

23

(27)

19

(21)

42

(24)

 

Caregiver income

      

0.50

None

40

(48)

36

(40)

76

(44)

 

Regular

9

(11)

14

(16)

23

(13)

 

Irregular

35

(42)

39

(44)

74

(43)

 

Food insecure household

65

(77)

68

(76)

133

(77)

0.88

  1. aData are N, % unless otherwise indicated
  2. bAbbreviations: HAZ height-for-age z-score, IQR interquartile range, ART antiretroviral treatment
  3. c2 missing values
  4. dVirologic suppression is defined as viral load ≤50 copies/ml