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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of the study participants (n = 831)

From: Viral suppression among HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy in northwestern Nigeria: an eleven-year review of tertiary care centre records, January 2009–December 2019

Variables

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Current age (years)

 18–27

56

6.7

 28–37

295

35.5

 38–47

305

36.7

 48–57

138

16.6

 58–67

34

4.1

 68–77

2

0.2

  ≥ 78

1

0.1

Gender

 Male

253

30.4

 Female

578

69.6

Occupation

 Business

7

0.8

 Employed

114

13.7

 Retired

1

0.12

 Unemployed

709

85.3

Marital status

 Divorced

56

6.7

 Married

653

78.6

 Single

56

6.7

 Widowed

66

7.9

Educational status

 Qur'anic

12

1.4

 Primary

163

19.6

 Secondary

536

64.5

 Tertiary

104

12.5

 None

16

1.9

Location

 Far from aFMCK (≥ 100 km)

63

7.6

 Near from FMCK (< 100 km)

768

92.4

  1. aFMCK-Federal Medical Centre, Katsina