Variable   HAART n (%) Pre HAART n (%) Total n (%)
Sex Male 101 (49.03) 65 (31.55) 166 (40.29)
Female 105 (50.97) 141 (68.45) 246 (59.71)
Age 15-29 45 (21.85) 72 (34.95) 114 (27.67)
30-39 98 (47.57) 85 (41.26) 186 (45.15)
>39 63 (30.58) 49 (23.79) 112 (27.18)
CD4 cell count (in cells/μl) <200 135 (65.53) 11 (5.34) 146 (35.44)
  200-349 64 (31.07) 86 (41.75) 150 (36.41)
  ≥ 350 7 (3.40) 109 (52.91) 116 (28.15)
WHO clinical STAGE Stage III or IV 149 (72.33) 42 (20.39) 191 (46.36)
  Stage I or II 57 (27.67) 164 (79.61) 221 (53.64)
Table 1: Baseline characteristics of PLHIV on HAART (n=206) and pre HAART (n=206) enrolled in Assela referral Hospital, January30/ 2013.