Predictors of Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation, Mortality, and Loss to Followup in HIV Infected Patients Eligible for HIV Treatment: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients eligible for antiretroviral therapy initiation.

	N (%)
Age (years)
<25	564 (13.74)
25–34	1822 (44.38)
35–44	1150 (28.01)
≥45	569 (13.86)
Disadvantaged community	1113 (27.11)
Illiteracy	2390 (58.28)
Marital status
Divorced/separated	250 (6.11)
Married	2821 (68.91)
Unmarried	238 (5.81)
Widowed	785 (19.17)
Homeless	370 (9.29)
Living near an ART centre	1304 (31.77)
Living near a town	1756 (42.78)
Poverty	1461 (36.35)
Year of ART eligibility
2007	633 (15.42)
2008	692 (16.86)
2009	899 (21.9)
2010	1067 (25.99)
2011	814 (19.83)
TB within 3 months	648 (15.79)
CD4 count (cells/µL)
<50	621 (15.13)
50–99	915 (22.29)
100–149	889 (21.66)
150–199	843 (20.54)
≥200	837 (20.39)
Duration of pre-ART care
<3 months	3491 (85.04)
3–11 months	293 (7.14)
≥12 months	321 (7.82)
Female gender	1635 (39.83)

ART: antiretroviral therapy; TB: tuberculosis.