Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

Number of patients

317

Number of patients who defaulted treatment

91

Number of patients more than one treatment^a

59

Length of follow-up in years (median and range)

3.54 (41 days; 6.5 years)

Number of deaths during treatment

75

 Male

227 (71.6%)

 Female

90 (28.4%)

  < 30 years

66 (20.8%)

 30 to 49 years

216 (68.1%)

  ≥ 50 years

35 (11.1%)

Use of ART

257 (81.1%)

CD4+ <200 cells/mm³

118 (37.2%)

Number of treatments^b

375

Number of treatment defaults

111