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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of patients receiving ART (n = 218)

From: The cost of antiretroviral therapy in Haiti

Female sex – no. (%)

122 (56)

Age – no. (%)

 

1. <20 yr

2 (2)

2. 20 – 29 yr

25 (12)

3. 30 – 39 yr

83 (38)

4. 40 – 49 yr

74 (34)

5. >49 yr

31 (14)

Resident of Port-au-Prince – no. (%)

191 (88)

Income < $US 1/day – no. (%)

148 (68)

Education – no. (%)

 

1. None

49 (22)

2. Primary school

67 (31)

3. Secondary school

94 (43)

4. College

8 (4)

Marital status – (%)

 

1. Common-law marriage

65 (30)

2. Married

37 (17)

3. Separated

54 (25)

4. Single

31 (17)

5. Widowed

26 (12)

AIDS-defining illness (CDC Stage C) – no. (%)

141 (65)

Body weight – kg

 

1. Men

 

a) Median

55.5

b) Interquartile range

49.1 to 61.4

2. Women

 

a) Median

48.4

b) Interquartile range

42.7 to 55.5

CD4 cell count/mm3

 

1. Median

108

2. Interquartile range

40 to 180

CD4 cell count <50/mm3 – no. (%)

61 (30)

Initial antiretroviral-therapy regimen – no. (%)

 

1. Nevirapine, zidovudine, lamivudine

111 (51)

2. Other nevirapine-based regimen

5 (2)

3. Efavirenz, zidovudine, lamivudine

92 (42)

4. Other efavirenz-based regimen

10 (5)