VARIABLES

NUMBERS (n = 331)

PERCENTAGE

Gender

Male

Female

257

74

77.6%

22.4%

Median Age (years) (Standard Deviation: Std Dev)

44 ± 11

Provenance

Rural areas

Urban areas

323

8

97.6%

2.4%

Level of Education

No School education

Primary level

Secondary level

Higher level

166

100

57

8

50.2%

30.2%

17.2%

2.4%

Profile

HIV-1

HIV-2

HIV-1 and 2

296

23

12

89.4%

7%

3.6%

Median BMI (kg/m2) (Std Dev)

19.36 ± 4.4

WHO Stage

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

84

60

116

71

25.4%

18.1%

35%

21.5%

Median CD4 (cell/mm3) (Std Dev)

217 ± 187

Median VL in cp/ml (n = 165) (Std Dev)

97,000 ± 70,569

Median Creatinine (mg/l) (Std Dev)

8 ± 5.6

Median Hemoglobin (g/dl) (Std Dev)

11 ± 1.9