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

Table 3 Retention on ART by geographic settings and by region

Regions	Urban		Rural		Total
Regions	n/N	%	n/N	%	n/N	%
Adamawa	130/205	63.4%	NA^a	NA^a	130/205	63.4%
Centre	109/162	67.3%	265/415	63.8%	374/577	64.8%
East	91/155	58.7%	88/100	88.0%	179/255	70.2%
Far-North	66/163	40.5%	26/31	83.9%	92/194	47.4%
Littoral	346/461	75.1%	NA^a	NA^a	346/461	75.1%
North	104/166	62.7%	35/69	50.7%	139/235	59.1%
Northwest	141/264	53.4%	152/233	65.2%	293/497	59.0%
West	133/311	42.8%	NA^a	NA^a	133/311	42.8%
South	105/201	52.2%	NA^a	NA^a	105/201	52.2%
Southwest	232/413	56.2%	NA^a	NA^a	232/413	56.2%
Total	1457/2501	58.3%	566/848	66.7%	2023/3349	60.4%

Legend. n: frequency; %: proportion of patients in care for each region and in the total study population
^a: NA (Not applicable), due to selection of no rural site following the random sampling
In bold are the most prevalent data on retention from the national regions

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