| Variable |
Total cohort |
Female |
Male |
P-level |
Sex (n=369) n (%)
Female
Male |
241 (65.3%)
128 (34.7%) |
|
|
|
| Age (n=369) median (range) |
32 years (18-75) |
29 years |
36 years |
<0.001* |
Education (n=345) n (%)
No school education
School education
• Primary
• Secondary
• Above Secondary |
89 (25.8%)
256 (74.2%)
192 (55.6%)
54 (15.7%)
10 (2.9%) |
64 (28.4%)
161 (71.6%)
121 (53.8%)
37 (16.4%)
3 (1.3%) |
25 (20.8%)
95 (79.2%)
71 (59.2%)
17 (14.2%)
7 (5.8%) |
0.124° |
Marital Status (n=363) n (%)
Married
Single/widowed/divorced |
191 (52.6%)
172 (47.4%) |
107 (45%)
131 (55%) |
84 (67.2%)
41 (32.8%) |
<0.001° |
Literacy Level (n=342) n (%)
Literate
Illiterate |
132 (38.6%)
210 (61.4%) |
79 (35.6%)
143 (64.4%) |
53 (44.2%)
67 (55.8%) |
0.120° |
Employment status (n=367) n (%)
Official employment
Unemployed/self-employed |
83 (22.6%)
284 (77.4%) |
46 (19.2%)
193 (80.8%) |
37 (28.9%)
91 (71.1%) |
0.035° |
HIV status disclosure (n=358) n (%)
Yes
No |
326 (91.1%)
32 (8.9%) |
209 (89.3%)
28 (10.7%) |
117 (94.4%)
7 (5.6%) |
0.112° |
Member of HIV support group (n=302) n (%)
Yes
No |
7 (2.3%)
295 (97.7%) |
6 (3.0%)
195 (97.0%) |
1(1.0%)
100 (99.0%) |
0.431^ |
Self-reported alcohol abuse (n=369) n (%)
Yes
No |
10 (2.7%)
359 (97.3%) |
4 (1.7%)
233 (98.3%) |
6 (4.7%)
122 (95.3%) |
0.102^ |
| Number of children<15 living in the household (hh) (n= 369) median (range) |
2 (0-17) |
2 (0-11) |
3 (0-17) |
0.039* |
| Time travelled to hospital (n=338) median (range) |
45 minutes
(0-240) |
60 minutes (0-240) |
30 minutes (0-180) |
0.147* |
| Time from diagnosis to ART start n=222 median (range) |
501 days (0-7187) |
561 days (0-7187) |
310 days (17-6547) |
0.121* |
| Time from diagnosis to registration (n=226) median (range) |
20.5 days (0-7187) |
28 days (0-7178) |
15 days (0-6531) |
0.250* |
| Time from registration to ART start n=348 median (range) |
264.5 days (0-2237) |
369 days (0-2030) |
116 days (0-2237) |
0.005* |
CD4 count at enrolment (n=301) median (range)
• With children in hh (n=166)
• Without children in hh (n=30)
CD4 count <100 cells/mm3 n (%)
CD4 count ≥100 cells/mm3 n (%) |
287 cells/mm3 (9-908)
31 (10.3%)
270 (89.7%) |
302 cells/mm3 (36-908)
299 cells/mm3
308 cells/mm3
14 (7.1%)
182 (92.9%) |
257 cells/mm3 (9-681)
17 (16.2%)
88 (83.8%) |
0.008*
0.834*
0.014° |
WHO stage at ART start (n=369) n (%)
I or II
III or IV |
191 (51.8%)
178 (48.2%) |
130 (53.9%)
111 (46.1%) |
61 (47.7%)
67 (52.3%) |
0.250° |
Any barrier named for adherence(n=309)
Yes
No |
117 (37.9%)
192 (62.1%) |
82 (40.2%)
122 (59.8%) |
35 (33.3%)
70 (66.7%) |
0.239 |
*Mann-Whitney-U-Test