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Table 1 Demographic information of patients

From: Prevalence and predictors of diabetes mellitus among persons living with HIV: a retrospective cohort study conducted in 4 public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal

Variable

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Gender

 Female

770

64.0

 Male

405

33.7

Not indicated

28

2.3

Age in years

 18–28

145

12.1

 29–48

694

57.7

  > 48

313

26.0

Missing data

51

4.2

Baseline CD4

 <200 cells/μL

275

22.9

 200–350 cells/μL

156

13.0

 351–500 cells/μL

75

6.2

  > 500 cells/μL

98

8.1

Missing data

599

49.8

Employment status

 Employed

384

31.9

 Unemployed

801

66.6

Missing data

18

1.5

Opportunistic infections

 Tuberculosis

90

7.5

 Oral candidiasis

6

0.5

Hepatitis B

4

0.3

 Herpes zoster

5

0.4

 Diarrhoea

3

0.2

 Septic cellulitis

2

0.2

 Pneumonia

2

0.2

Other comorbidities

 Hypertension

12

1.0

 Epilepsy

7

0.6

 Renal impairment

8

0.7