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Table 2 Proportion of HIV patients on ART with virological non-suppression, (N = 100,678, routine monitoring, n = 94,766, suspected treatment failures, n = 3492 and second time testers, n = 1436)

From: Factors Associated with Virological Non-suppression among HIV-Positive Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda, August 2014–July 2015

Variable

Non-suppression status, n(%)

  
 

General

Routine monitoring

Suspected treatment failures

Repeater testers after suspected failure

Overall

10,805 (11)

8966(10)

1018(29)

716(50)

Sex

 Female

6524(10)

5437(9)

592(31)

427(47)

 Male

4132(13)

3402(11)

416(27)

278(54)

Age category

 0–4

507(29)

444(27)

22(49)

34(52)

 5–9

916(23)

754(21)

55(50)

104(60)

 10–14

960(23)

765(20)

83(61)

105(63)

 15–19

837(27)

614(23)

102(54)

118(66)

 20–24

746(16)

595(13)

81(46)

65(50)

 25–29

1141(11)

945(9)

117(46)

65(50)

 30–34

1579(10)

1337(9)

154(35)

70(44)

 35+

4119(7)

3512(7)

404(19)

155(36)

Breast feeding

 Yes

297(6)

262(6)

22(42)

14(40)

 No

5964(10)

8420(10)

956(29)

679(50)

Pregnant

 Yes

153(8)

128(7)

13(48)

14(42)

 No

6113(10)

8554(10)

966(29)

681(50)

Active TB

 Yes

131(20)

85(15)

34(44)

12(80)

 No

10,236(11)

8542(9)

932(29)

684(50)

Treatment line

 First

9945(11)

8351(9)

925(29)

582(54)

 Second

736(13)

531(11)

75(28)

128(36)

 Third

11(22)

4(10)

3(75)

3(75)

Duration on treatment

 0–2 Years

3680(10)

3198(9)

291(29)

133(45)

 3–5 Years

3900(12)

3226(10)

386(31)

264(48)

 6–10 Years

2928(10)

2304(9)

309(28)

294(55)

  > 10 Years

257(9)

210(8)

24(19)

22(42)

Indication for treatment initiation

 TB infection

194(13)

159(11)

19(26)

(16(67)

 Other

604(15)

466(13)

49(38)

77(61)

 Child under 15

1826 (24)

1508 (21)

135(58)

170(57)

 PMTCT/Option B+

589(6)

549(6)

18(22)

12(20)

 CD4 < 500

7169(10)

5955(9)

750(26)

401(48)

Reported adherence level

  < 85%

453(35)

324(34)

85(34)

38(61)

 85–94%

1659(17)

1206(14)

269(32)

168(58)

  > 95%

8145(10)

6998(9)

622(27)

465(46)

Level of health facility

 HCII + HCIII

1455(9)

1295(9)

104(28)

36(42)

 HC IV + General hospital

2293(9)

1994(8)

228(24)

39(25)

 Specialized HIV care services

1482(11)

1242(9)

148(37)

83(57)

 RRH + NRH

5575(12)

4435(11)

538(31)

558(53)

  1. Denominator for pregnant/breastfeeding mothers was total females in the sample
  2. HCII health centre two, HCIII health centre three, HCIV health centre four, RRH regional referral hospitals, NRH national referral hospitals