Characteristics | All Patients (N = 2408) | Enrolled 2004-5 (N = 1551) | Enrolled2006-8 (N = 857) | P Value |
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Sex | ||||
Male | 741(30.8) | 489(31.5) | 252(29.4) | |
Female | 1667(69.2) | 1062(68.5) | 605(70.6) | 0.280 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 1133(47.1) | 654(42.2) | 479(55.9) | |
Never married | 842(35.0) | 586(37.8) | 256(29.9) | < 0.001 |
Separated/widowed | 433(18.0) | 311(20.1) | 122(14.2) | |
Median age (IQR)* | 37(12) | 38(12) | 37(12) | < 0.003 |
Mean BMI, kg/m2 (SD) | 22.8 ± 4.6 | 22.8 ± 4.6 | 22.9 ± 4.7 | 0.58 |
Median CD4 count, cells/μl (IQR) | 136(203) | 127(174) | 167(256) | < 0.001 |
WHO stages | ||||
Stage I&II | 1642 (68.1) | 968 (62.4) | 674 (78.6) | < 0.001 |
Stage III | 548 (22.8) | 407 (26.2) | 141 (16.5) | |
Stage IV | 218 (9.1) | 176 (11.3) | 42 (4.9) | |
Past medical history | ||||
Herpes Zoster | 474(19.7) | 358(14.9) | 116(4.8) | < 0.001 |
Tuberculosis | 495(20.6) | 397(16.5) | 98(4.1) | < 0.001 |
Type of HIV treatments at enrollment | ||||
No treatment | 1942(80.6) | 1089(70.2) | 853(99.5) | < 0.01 |
ARVs | 401(16.7) | 398(25.7) | 3(0.4) | < 0.01 |
Spiritual | 19(0.8) | 19(1.2) | (0) | < 0.01 |
Traditional | 46(1.9) | 45(2.9) | 1(0.1) | < 0.01 |
Symptoms | ||||
Progressive Wt loss | 787(32.7) | 471(30.4) | 316(36.9) | 0.001 |
Skin rash | 623(25.9) | 438(28.2) | 185(21.6) | < 0.001 |
Fever | 564(23.4) | 306 (19.7) | 258(30.1) | < 0.001 |
Productive cough | 463(19.2) | 288(18.6) | 175(20.4) | 0.27 |
Numbness | 405(16.8) | 269(17.3) | 136(15.9) | 0.354 |
Night sweat | 358(14.9) | 191 (12.3) | 167 (19.5) | < 0.001 |
Abdominal pain | 312(13.0) | 171(11) | 141(16.5) | < 0.001 |
Dry cough | 246(10.2) | 165(10.6) | 81(9.5) | 0.357 |
Anorexia | 202(8.4) | 142(9.2) | 60(7) | 0.178 |
Vomiting | 188(7.8) | 103(6.6) | 85(9.9) | 0.003 |
Nausea | 182(7.6) | 106(6.8) | 76(8.9) | 0.149 |
Genital lesions | 155(6.4) | 101(6.5) | 54(6.3) | 0.840 |
Diarrhoea | 127(5.3) | 29(1.9) | 98(11.4) | < 0.001 |
Odynophagia | 93(3.9) | 66(4.3) | 27(3.2) | 0.178 |