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Table 1 Baseline demographic information adolescents aged 10–19 years old on ART and enrolled in the cross-sectional survey in Myanmar, by sex, 2016

From: High levels of viral repression, malnutrition and second-line ART use in adolescents living with HIV: a mixed methods study from Myanmar

Baseline Characteristics

Total (n = 177)

Female

(n = 96)

Male

(n = 81)

P-value

# (%)

# (%)

# (%)

 

Age (years)

   

0.058

9–13

100 (57)

48 (50)

52 (64)

 

14–19

77 (43)

48 (50)

29 (36)

 

Ethnicity

   

0.066

Bamar

156 (87)

85 (89)

69 (85)

 

Karen

6 (3.4)

5 (5.2)

1 (1.2)

 

Mon

13 (7.3)

6 (6.3)

7 (8.6)

 

Other

4 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

4 (4.9)

 

Presumed HIV exposure

   

0.043

Perinatal

115 (65)

60 (63)

55 (68)

 

Blood transfusion

7 (4.0)

7 (7.3)

0 (0.0)

 

Not identified

55 (31)

29 (30)

26 (32)

 

Orphan

   

0.368

Not orphaned

58 (33)

34 (35)

24 (30)

 

One parent

86 (49)

42 (44)

44 (54)

 

Both parents

33 (19)

20 (21)

13 (16)

 

Age of disclosure to adolescent

   

0.370

0–5

2 (1.1)

1 (1.0)

1 (1.2)

 

6–9

47 (26)

25 (26)

22 (27)

 

10–13

74 (41)

36 (37)

38 (47)

 

14–19

14 (7.9)

7 (7.3)

7 (8.6)

 

Missing

40 (22)

27 (28)

13 (16)

 

Education level

   

0.522

Completed high school

10 (5.7)

6 (6.3)

4 (4.9)

 

Attending school

117 (66)

60 (62)

57 (70)

 

Not attending & not finished

50 (28)

30 (31)

20 (24)

 

Occupation

   

0.000

Student

130 (73)

68 (71)

62 (77)

 

Manual Worker

11 (6.2)

0 (0.0)

11 (14)

 

Tailor

6 (3.4)

6 (6.3)

0 (0.0)

 

Seller

5 (2.8)

5 (5.2)

0 (0.0)

 

Unemployed

2 (1.1)

1 (1.0)

1 (1.2)

 

Other

23 (13)

16 (17)

7 (8.6)