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Table 2 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of 1024 patients on ART

From: Survival on antiretroviral treatment among adult HIV-infected patients in Nepal: a retrospective cohort study in far-western Region, 2006–2011

Characteristics

Number of patients (%)a

Number of deaths (%)b

Sex

  

Female

500 (48.8%)

21 (4.2%)

Male

524 (51.2%)

99 (18.9%)

Age (years)

  

15 – 32 years

338 (33.0%)

27 (8.0%)

33 – 40 years

401 (39.2%)

52 (13.0%)

>40 years

285 (27.8%)

41 (14.4%)

Education

  

Illiterate

650 (73.5%)

69 (10.6%)

Literate

234 (26.5%)

35 (15.0%)

Missing data

140 (13.6%)

 

Baseline performance scale

  

Normal

732 (73.1%)

45 (6.1%)

Bedridden <50%

182 (18.2%)

44 (24.2%)

Bedridden >50%

87 (8.7%)

28 (32.2%)

Missing data

23 (2.2%)

 

Baseline bodyweight ( kg)

  

< 45 Kg

484 (49.1%)

58 (12.0%)

45 – 60 Kg

479 (48.6%)

49 (10.2%)

>60 Kg

23 (2.3%)

2 (8.7%)

Missing data

38 (3.7%)

 

Baseline WHO clinical stage

  

Stage I or II

320 (34.2%)

10 (3.1%)

Stage III

455 (48.6%)

63 (13.8%)

Stage IV

161 (17.2%)

41 (25.5%)

Missing data

88 (8.6%)

 

Baseline CD4 count (cells/ mm 3 )

  

≤ 50 cells/mm3

127 (13.6%)

19 (15.0%)

51- 200 cells/mm3

533 (57.1%)

69 (13.0%)

>200 cells/mm3

274 (29.3%)

14 (5.1%)

Missing data

90 (8.8%)

 

Drug toxicity/ side effects

  

No

788 (80.9%)

83 (10.5%)

Yes

186 (19.1%)

31 (16.7%)

Missing data

50 (4.9%)

 

Active TB during treatment

  

No

856 (83.6%)

89 (10.4%)

Yes

168 (16.4%)

31 (18.5%)

Baseline ART regimen #

  

d4T/3TC/NVP

151 (14.8%)

26 (17.2%)

d4T/3TC/EFV

44 (4.3%)

7 (16.0%)

ZDV/3TC/NVP

702 (69.0%)

64 (9.1%)

ZDV/3TC/EFV

118 (11.6%)

20 (17.0%)

TDF/3TC/EFV

3 (0.3%)

0

Missing data

6 (0.6%)

 

Baseline ART regimen change

  

No

760 (74.2%)

78 (10.3%)

Yes

264 (25.8%)

42 (16.0%)

ART centre/ sub centre

  

Seti Zonal hospital

590 (57.6%)

51 (8.6%)

Kanchanpur Zonal hospital

70 (6.8%)

13 (18.6%)

Achham District hospital

176 (17.2%)

24 (13.6%)

Doti district hospital

176 (17.2%)

32 (18.2%)

Tikapur hospital

12 (1.2%)

0

  1. acolumn percentage (missing data was excluded);.
  2. brow percentage;.
  3. #all regimen were first line ART regimen.
  4. Note: missing data refers to incomplete/missing recorded characteristics of patients.