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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the cohort participants

From: Risky sexual behavior among patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study in urban and rural Uganda

Variable

N

Urban (IDI)

N

Rural (TASO)

N (%)

N (%)

Baseline age in years

402

 

610

 

 18–34

 

118 (29.3)

 

52 (8.5)

 35–44

 

180 (44.8)

 

274 (44.9)

 > 45

 

104 (25.9)

 

284 (46.6)

Gender

 Female

 

280 (69.6)

 

462 (75.7)

 Male

 

122 (30.4)

 

148 (24.3)

Marital status

 Married/cohabiting

 

187 (46.5)

 

278 (46.6)

 Not married

 

215 (53.5)

 

332 (54.4)

Educational level

 No formal education

 

15 (3.7)

 

110 (18.0)

 Primary level

 

173 (43.0)

 

285 (46.7)

 ≥ Secondary level

 

214 (53.3)

 

215 (35.3)

Employment

 Formal employment

 

178 (44.3)

 

105 (17.6)

 No formal employment

 

224 (55.7)

 

491 (82.4)

Baseline ART regimen

 ZDV 3TC EFV

 

123 (33.5)

 

113 (18.5)

 D4T 3TC NVP

 

66 (18.0)

 

0

 ZDV 3TC NVP

 

0

 

356 (58.3)

 TDF based regimen

 

177 (48.5)

 

141 (23.0)

Mean time on ART

 

8.7 (SD 1.2)

 

7.0 (SD 0.3)

Baseline viral load

 Mean log 10 viral load copies/ml

 

2.65 (SD 0.34)

 

1.91 (SD 1.27)

 < 1000 cells/ml

 

385 (96)

 

501 (82.1)

 ≥ 1000 cells/ml

 

16 (4.0)

 

109 (17.9)

Baseline CD4 cell/mm3

 Mean CD4

 

426(SD 194.4)

 

564.3 (284.2)

 < 200 cells/mm3

 

43 (10.7)

 

54 (8.85)

 200–499 cells/mm3

 

237 (60.0)

 

213 (34.9)

 > 499 cells/mm3

 

122 (30.4)

 

340 (55.7)

WHO staging

 Stage 1

 

2 (0.5)

 

25 (4.2)

 Stage 2

 

51(12.7)

 

243 (41.3)

 Stage 3

 

232 (57.7)

 

205 (34.8)

 Stage 4

 

117 (29.1)

 

116 (19.7)

  1. Some percentages do not add up to 100% because of missing data