Table 1 Socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics for cohort of patients on ART for a least 6 months at JUSH, September 2012 to July 2014
Baseline socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics | Group | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
TDF group no (%) | AZT group no (%) | ||
Sex | |||
Male | 50 (35.7) | 47 (33.6) | 0.706 |
Female | 90 (64.3) | 93 (66.4) | |
Age | |||
<25 | 27 (19.3) | 32 (25.9) | 0.276 |
25–45 | 108 (77.1) | 98 (85.9) | |
>45 | 5 (3.6) | 10 (7.2) | |
Mean (SD) | 32.3 (7.4) | 32.3 (9.2) | 0.977** |
BMI | |||
<18.5 | 52 (37.1) | 37 (26.4) | 0.130 |
≥18.5 | 88 (62.9) | 93 (73.6) | |
Mean (SD) | 19.7 (3.4) | 20.4 (3.0) | 0.062** |
Educational level | |||
Illiterate | 22 (15.8) | 30 (21.4) | |
Primary | 48 (34.2) | 58 (41.4) | 0.089 |
Post-primary | 70 (50) | 52 (37.2) | |
Residence | |||
Urban | 97 (69.3) | 110 (78.5) | 0.077 |
Rural | 43 (30.7) | 30 (21.5) | |
Occupation | |||
Employed | 68 (48.6) | 58 (41.5) | |
Unemployed | 46 (22.8) | 55 (39.2) | 0.446 |
Housewife | 26 (18.6) | 27 (19.3) | |
Religion | |||
Orthodox | 59 (42.1) | 80 (57.1) | |
Muslim | 45 (32.1) | 42 (30) | 0.010* |
Others | 36 (25.8) | 18 (12.9) | |
Marital status | |||
Married | 76 (54.3) | 77 (55.0) | |
Single | 23 (16.5) | 29 (20.7) | 0.207 |
Divorced | 33 (23.5) | 21 (15.1) | |
Widowed | 8 (5.7) | 13 (9.2) | |
Alcohol use | |||
Yes | 113 (80.7) | 102 (72.9) | |
No | 27 (19.3) | 38 (27.1) | 0.120 |