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Table 1 Baseline characteristics among adults enrolled in KIULARCO in 2005–2018

From: Causes of death and associated factors over a decade of follow-up in a cohort of people living with HIV in rural Tanzania

Characteristic

Censored†

Died from non-HIV-related cause

Died from HIV-related cause

Died from unknown cause

Total

Total

8855 (91%)

166 (2%)

245 (3%)

515 (5%)

9781 (100%)

Sex

 Male

3049 (89%)

73 (2%)

127 (4%)

191 (6%)

3440 (100%)

 Female

5782 (92%)

93 (1%)

118 (2%)

322 (5%)

6315 (100%)

 Missing

24 (92%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (8%)

26 (100%)

Age, years

 15–24

729 (92%)

7 (1%)

20 (3%)

36 (5%)

792 (100%)

 25–34

2817 (91%)

54 (2%)

69 (2%)

154 (5%)

3094 (100%)

 35–44

3045 (91%)

53 (2%)

79 (2%)

185 (6%)

3362 (100%)

 ≥ 45

2264 (89%)

52 (2%)

77 (3%)

140 (6%)

2533 (100%)

Highest education level

 None/primary

5527 (96%)

96 (2%)

115 (2%)

49 (1%)

5787 (100%)

 Beyond primary

420 (97%)

4 (1%)

11 (3%)

0 (0%)

435 (100%)

 Missing

2908 (82%)

66 (2%)

119 (3%)

466 (13%)

3559 (100%)

Occupation

 Farmer

5031 (95%)

88 (2%)

108 (2%)

42 (1%)

5269 (100%)

 Not farmer

916 (96%)

12 (1%)

18 (2%)

7 (1%)

953 (100%)

 Missing

2908 (82%)

66 (2%)

119 (3%)

466 (13%)

3559 (100%)

Marital status

 Married/cohabiting

4866 (92%)

94 (2%)

113 (2%)

236 (4%)

5309 (100%)

 Never married

1178 (87%)

22 (2%)

44 (3%)

115 (8%)

1359 (100%)

 Separated/divorced/ widowed/others

2686 (92%)

43 (2%)

76 (3%)

129 (4%)

2934 (100%)

 Missing

125 (70%)

7 (4%)

12 (7%)

35 (20%)

179 (100%)

Distance of residence from clinic, km

 ≤ 1 (i.e., resident in Ifakara town)

3179 (88%)

82 (2%)

115 (3%)

232 (6%)

3608 (100%)

 2– < 50

2600 (95%)

42 (2%)

47 (2%)

51 (2%)

2740 (100%)

 ≥ 50

2577 (91%)

30 (1%)

63 (2%)

147 (5%)

2817 (100%)

 Missing

499 (81%)

12 (2%)

20 (3%)

85 (14%)

616 (100%)

Partner HIV sero-status

 Positive

1301 (95%)

18 (1%)

20 (1%)

37 (3%)

1376 (100%)

 Negative

687 (92%)

16 (2%)

19 (3%)

28 (4%)

750 (100%)

 Unknown

4941 (88%)

99 (2%)

150 (3%)

413 (7%)

5603 (100%)

 Not applicable

1277 (93%)

27 (2%)

49 (4%)

16 (1%)

1369 (100%)

 Missing

649 (95%)

6 (1%)

7 (1%)

21 (3%)

683 (100%)

HIV status disclosure

 Not disclosed

2224 (93%)

32 (1%)

43 (2%)

97 (4%)

2396 (100%)

 Disclosed

5160 (92%)

94 (2%)

146 (3%)

234 (4%)

5634 (100%)

 Missing

1471 (84%)

40 (2%)

56 (3%)

184 (11%)

1751 (100%)

Smoking

 Never/stopped

7871 (91%)

157 (2%)

222 (3%)

443 (5%)

8693 (100%)

 Current

196 (92%)

1 (0%)

6 (3%)

11 (5%)

214 (100%)

 Missing

788 (90%)

8 (1%)

17 (2%)

61 (7%)

874 (100%)

Alcohol use¥

 No

6097 (91%)

112 (2%)

178 (3%)

290 (4%)

6677 (100%)

 Yes

1869 (89%)

41 (2%)

48 (2%)

141 (7%)

2099 (100%)

 Missing

889 (88%)

13 (1%)

19 (2%)

84 (8%)

1005 (100%)

Patient referred from in-patient care hospitalisation

 No

7890 (91%)

137 (2%)

181 (2%)

424 (5%)

8632 (100%)

 Yes

688 (89%)

21 (3%)

44 (6%)

21 (3%)

774 (100%)

 Missing

277 (74%)

8 (2%)

20 (5%)

70 (19%)

375 (100%)

Pregnant*

 No

5409 (91%)

89 (2%)

113 (2%)

314 (5%)

5925 (100%)

 Yes

373 (96%)

4 (1%)

5 (1%)

8 (2%)

390 (100%)

BMI, kg/m2

 Underweight (< 18.5)

1643 (87%)

40 (2%)

58 (3%)

154 (8%)

1895 (100%)

 Normal (18.5- < 25)

4416 (92%)

80 (2%)

118 (2%)

170 (4%)

4784 (100%)

 Overweight (≥ 25)

1148 (96%)

10 (1%)

12 (1%)

28 (2%)

1198 (100%)

 Missing

1275 (84%)

32 (2%)

52 (3%)

155 (10%)

1514 (100%)

CD4 count, cells/mm3

 < 100

1347 (85%)

48 (3%)

82 (5%)

99 (6%)

1576 (100%)

 100–349

2331 (94%)

35 (1%)

52 (2%)

74 (3%)

2492 (100%)

 ≥ 350

1888 (96%)

23 (1%)

21 (1%)

42 (2%)

1974 (100%)

 Missing

3289 (88%)

60 (2%)

90 (2%)

300 (8%)

3739 (100%)

WHO stage

 I/II

5105 (94%)

73 (1%)

50 (1%)

214 (4%)

5442 (100%)

 III

2218 (89%)

48 (2%)

91 (4%)

148 (6%)

2505 (100%)

 IV

960 (79%)

38 (3%)

93 (8%)

119 (10%)

1210 (100%)

 Missing

572 (92%)

7 (1%)

11 (2%)

34 (5%)

624 (100%)

Tuberculosis

 Unlikely

8205 (91%)

149 (2%)

188 (2%)

504 (6%)

9046 (100%)

 Yes

477 (88%)

12 (2%)

44 (8%)

6 (1%)

539 (100%)

 Missing

173 (88%)

5 (3%)

13 (7%)

5 (3%)

196 (100%)

Arterial hypertension

 No

8261 (90%)

153 (2%)

232 (3%)

504 (6%)

9150 (100%)

 Yes

594 (94%)

13 (2%)

13 (2%)

11 (2%)

631 (100%)

ART status (within 30 days of enrolment)

 Not yet initiated ART

4171 (88%)

85 (2%)

144 (3%)

340 (7%)

4740 (100%)

 Initiated ART

4684 (93%)

81 (2%)

101 (2%)

175 (3%)

5041 (100%)

  1. Results are number and row percentage. †Due to administrative censoring at time of database closure, LTFU or transfer out to another clinic (see “Methods”). ¥Captured as ever versus never in 2005–2012, and regular/current versus not regular/current from 2013 onwards. *Percentages are of females. Pregnant women excluded