Table 1 General characteristics of the 1748 HIV positive study participants
Variable | Frequency | Percent or Median (IQR) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 496 | 28.4 |
Female | 1252 | 71.6 |
Age | 1748 | 42 [34–50] |
18–39 | 729 | 41.7 |
40–64 | 966 | 55.3 |
65–85 | 53 | 3.0 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 543 | 31.1 |
Married(monogamy) | 940 | 53.8 |
Polygamy | 258 | 14.8 |
Window | 7 | 0.4 |
Occupation | ||
Vendor | 1114 | 63.7 |
Peasant | 338 | 19.3 |
Fisherman | 10 | 0.6 |
Employed | 211 | 12.1 |
House wife | 75 | 4.3 |
Residence | ||
Mwanza city | 1552 | 88.8 |
Mwanza city | 196 | 11.2 |
Outside | ||
Education | ||
Illiterate | 126 | 7.2 |
primary | 1170 | 66.9 |
Secondary | 373 | 21.3 |
College | 60 | 3.4 |
University | 19 | 1.1 |
Reports being told to have syphilis | ||
No | 1695 | 97.0 |
Yes | 53 | 3.0 |
Reports previously being treated for syphilis | ||
No | 17 | 32.1 |
Yes | 36 | 67.9 |
Reports penicillin injection | ||
One | 4 | 11.1 |
Three | 32 | 88.9 |
History of gental lesion p | ||
No | 1698 | 97.1 |
Yes | 50 | 2.9 |
Number of lesion | ||
One | 15 | 30 |
> two | 35 | 70 |
Duration of lesion | ||
< year | 29 | 58.0 |
2-3 year | 11 | 22.0 |
4-6 year | 4 | 8.0 |
> 6 years | 6 | 12.0 |
Rashes on palm and sole | ||
No | 1740 | 99.5 |
Yes | 8 | 0.5 |
Treatment for rashes | ||
No | 3 | 37.5 |
Yes | 5 | 62.5 |
ART use | ||
Not on ART | 1 | 0.1 |
ART use | 1747 | 99.9 |
Serum TPHA | ||
Negative | 1581 | 90.5 |
Positive | 167 | 9.6 |
CD4 Cell/μl | 1748 | 526 [362–706] |
< 350 | 306 | 17.5 |
> 350 | 1008 | 57.7 |
missing | 434 | 24.8 |
Viral load (copies/uL) | 1748 | 19 [19–20] |
< 50 | 1333 | 76.3 |
50–999 | 78 | 4.5 |
> 1000 | 84 | 4.8 |
Missing | 253 | 14.5 |