Research Article
Treatment Outcomes in a Decentralized Antiretroviral Therapy Program: A Comparison of Two Levels of Care in North Central Nigeria
Table 2
Comparison of baseline characteristics between patients enrolled at the prime and satellite sites in the decentralized ART program in Jos, Nigeria.
| | Characteristic | Satellite
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() | value |
| | Proportion enrolled | 48.1 | 51.9 | | | Sex | | | | | Female | 2700 (72.4) | 2681 (66.7) | <0.001 | | Male | 1029 (27.6) | 1337 (33.3) | | | Missing | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | Age, years | | | | | Median (IQR) | 32 (15–80) | 33 (15–81) | 0.001 | | Missing | 3 | 0 | | | Marital status | | | | | Married | 2390 (64.1) | 2322 (57.8) | <0.001 | | Single | 531 (14.2) | 898 (22.3) | | | Other | 793 (21.3) | 798 (19.8) | | | Missing | 14 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | | | Educational attainment | | | | | No formal education | 719 (19.3) | 665 (16.5) | 0.004 | | Primary | 1148 (30.7) | 862 (21.5) | | | Secondary | 1107 (29.7) | 1260 (31.4) | | | Tertiary | 693 (18.6) | 1221 (30.4) | | | Missing | 62 (1.7) | 10 (0.2) | | | Number unemployed | 758 (21.3) | 792 (19.9) | 0.49 | | Missing | 125 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | | | WHO staging | | | | | 1 | 1718 (46.1) | 1429 (35.6) | <0.001 | | 2 | 948 (25.4) | 752 (18.7) | | | 3 | 585 (15.7) | 1257 (31.3) | | | 4 | 179 (4.8) | 174 (4.3) | | | Missing | 299 (8.0) | 406 (10.1) | | | Number with tuberculosis | 324 (11.1) | 70 (7.5) | <0.001 | | Missing | 254 (6.8) | 953 (23.7) | | | High creatinine (>120 μmol/L) | 205 (5.5) | 276 (6.8) | | | Missing | 17 (0.5) | 48 (1.1) | | | Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL) | 209 (5.6) | 155 (3.9) | 0.0003 | | Missing | 15 (0.4) | 8 (0.1) | | | Median CD4 (cells/mm3), IQR | 184 (4–1481) | 175 (5–1243) | 0.0001 | | Missing | 3 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | | | Advanced HIV disease | 2008 (53.8) | 2284 (56.8) | <0.008 | | Median viral load (copies/mL) | 37 357 | 43 456 | 0.04 | | Missing | 389 (10.4) | 12 (0.2) | | | Hepatitis B positive | 454 (13.1) | 776 (22.7) | <0.001 | | Missing | 227 (6.0) | 605 (15.0) | | | Hepatitis C positive | 308 (8.9) | 522 (14.7) | <0.001 | | Missing | 281 (7.5) | 455 (11.3) | | | Number of pregnant females | 360 (13.5) | 249 (9.8) | <0.001 | | Missing | 25 (0.6) | 131 (3.2) | |
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Both pulmonary and extrapulmonary; CD4 < 200 cells/mm3.
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