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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Opportunities to improve storage and transportation of blood specimens for CD4 testing in a rural district in Zimbabwe using BD vacutainer CD4 stabilization tubes: a stability and diagnostic accuracy study

Characteristic

Value

Total patients: N

51

Female: n, (%)

35 (68.6)

Age (years): median, (IQR)

34, (28 - 45)

WHO stage: n, (%)

 

  1

21 (40.7)

  2

22 (43.3)

  3

5 (10.0)

  4

3 (6.0)

Reason for testing: n, (%)

 

  ART eligibility

13 (25.0)

  ART monitoring

38 (75.0)

CD4+ T cells: median, (IQR)

507.5, (271.75 - 744.5)