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Table 2 Distribution of participants by WHO-staging, CD4 count and initial ART regimens

From: Predictors of poor retention on antiretroviral therapy as a major HIV drug resistance early warning indicator in Cameroon: results from a nationwide systematic random sampling

  

Male

Female

Total

n

%

n

%

n

%

WHO clinical staging

I

80

11.5%

274

18.6%

354

16.4%

II

86

12.4%

204

13.9%

290

13.4%

III

416

60.0%

863

58.7%

1279

59.1%

IV

111

16.0%

129

8.8%

240

11.1%

Total

693

100.0%

1470

100.0%

2163

100.0%

CD4 count

0 to 350

737

89.0%

1541

85.9%

2278

86.9%

351 to 500

59

7.1%

164

9.1%

223

8.5%

>500

32

3.9%

88

4.9%

120

4.6%

Total

828

100.0%

1793

100.0%

2621

100.0%

Initial ART regiments

AZT/3TC/EFV

142

13.1%

292

12.9%

434

13.0%

AZT/3TC/NVP

347

32.0%

710

31.3%

1057

31.6%

TDF/3TC/EFV

489

45.2%

986

43.5%

1475

44.0%

TDF/3TC/NVP

60

5.5%

192

8.5%

252

7.5%

Others

45

4.2%

86

3.8%

131/

3.9%

Total

1083

100.0%

2266

100.0%

3349

100.0%

  1. Legend. ART antiretroviral therapy, WHO World Health Organisation, 3TC lamivudine, AZT zidovudine, EFV Efavirenz, NVP nevirapine, TDF Tenofovir
  2. In bold are the most prevalent data in WHO clinical stage, CD4 count, and initial ART in the study population