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Table 1 Study participants characteristics (n = 97)

From: The impact of antiretroviral therapy on symptom burden among HIV outpatients with low CD4 count in rural Uganda: nested longitudinal cohort study

Factor

 

n (%)

Sex

Male

30 (31%)

Female

67 (69%)

Age

Mean (s.d.)

36 (8)

WHO HIV stage

1

3 (3%)

2

34 (35%)

3

54 (56%)

4

6 (6%)

CD4 cells (cells/ul)

<50

22 (23%)

50–99

19 (19%)

100–149

24 (25%)

150–199

32 (33%)

Main study treatment arm

Median (IQR)

120 (58–163)

Fluconazole

47 (48%)

Placebo

50 (52%)

Anti-retroviral treatment backbone (missing = 2)

AZT/3TC

77 (81%)

D4T/3TC

16 (17%)

Truvada

2 (2%)

Non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (missing = 1)

Nevirapine

70 (73%)

Efavirenz

26 (27%)

Died during study

No

88 (91%)

Yes

9 (9%)

  1. AZT zidovudine; 3TC lamivudine; d4T Stavudine; Truvada emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate