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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of adult HIV/AIDS patients on ART at GUH

From: Virological efficacy and immunological recovery among Ethiopian HIV-1 infected adults and children

 

Number of patients

Variables

Adults

Children

WHO clinical stage

 

I

3

4

 

II

11

6

 

III

72

57

 

IV

14

33

Anaemia status (%)a

 

Anaemic

62

67

 

Non anaemic

38

33

CD4 cell count (cells/mm3)b

 

<50

6

0

 

50-99

25

5

 

100-199

55

14

 

200-349

14

33

 

≥350

0

48

Total duration on ART (months)

 

13-24

100

100

 

25-36

47

56

 

37-48

13

23

 

49-60

4

15

 

≥61

0

5

ART regimen

 

1a: 3TC + d4T + NVP

39

57

 

1b: 3TC + d4T + EFV

32

5

 

1c: 3TC + AZT** + NVP

17

35

 

1d: 3TC + AZT + EFV***

12

3

  1. Keys: 3TC (Lamivudine), d4T (Stavidine), NVP (Nevirapine), EFV (Efavirenz), AZT (Zidovidine); The difference in ART regimen between adults and children is due to the high rates of Tuberculosis in adults; **AZT replaced by d4T in anaemic patients; *** EFV replaced by NVP in patients with TB when on rifampicin; a Age and gender specific classification of anaemia according to WHO ( http://www.who.int/vmnis/indicators/haemoglobin ); b Age specific classification for ART eligibility.
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