Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study populationa
Variable | Level | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
N (%) | 1815 (100) | |
Lusaka | 1111 (61.2) | |
Age (years), median (IQR) | 35 (29–41) | |
Female | 900 (49.6) | |
BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 16.7 (15.6–17.5) | |
BMI <17 kg/m2 | 1074 (59.2) | |
CD4 count (cells/μl), median (IQR) | 120 (51–211) | |
CD4 count group | > = 200 | 494 (27.2) |
100–199 | 531 (29.3) | |
50–99 | 347 (19.1) | |
<50 | 443 (24.4) | |
Haemoglobin (g/L), median (IQR) | 96 (80–111) | |
Haemoglobin groupb | Normal | 177 (9.8) |
Mild anaemia | 285 (15.7) | |
Moderate anaemia | 810 (44.6) | |
Severe anaemia | 398 (21.9) | |
Missing | 145 (8.0) | |
Phosphate <0.87 mmol/L | <0.87 | 196 (10.8) |
Missing | 51 (2.8) | |
Marital status | Married/Cohabiting | 858 (47.3) |
Widowed | 203 (11.2) | |
Divorced-Separated | 510 (28.1) | |
Single | 243 (13.4) | |
Missing | 1 (<0.1) | |
Occupation | Salaried | 271 (14.9) |
Self-employed | 945 (52.1) | |
Housewife | 183 (10.1) | |
Student | 18 (1.0) | |
Unemployed | 397 (21.9) | |
Missing | 1 (<0.1) | |
Education | None | 343 (18.9) |
Primary | 1045 (57.6) | |
Secondary | 377 (20.8) | |
Tertiary | 49 (2.7) | |
Missing | 1 (<0.1) | |
TB treatment at baseline | 304 (16.9) | |
Oedema at baseline | 66 (3.6) | |
Initial ART regimen (% of 1474 patients who started ART) | AZT/3TC/EFV | 135 (9.2) |
AZT/FTC/NVP | 236 (16.0) | |
TDF/FTC/EFV | 816 (55.4) | |
TDF/FTC/NVP | 64 (4.3) | |
Other | 54 (3.7) | |
Missing | 169 (11.5) |