Performance and Logistical Challenges of Alternative HIV-1 Virological Monitoring Options in a Clinical Setting of Harare, Zimbabwe

Table 3

Characteristics of correctly classified versus misclassified virological failures as per the VL_ref and using a cut-off of 1000 copies/mL (𝑁=106).

	Correctly classified; 𝑁=85	Misclassified; 𝑁=21	𝑃
Treated patients	5 (5.8%)	9 (42.8%)	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏^¥
ART-naive	80 (94.1%)	12 (57.1%)
Male/female ratio	0.63	0.50	0.642^¥
Age (years)	36.5	37.8	0.590^£
CD4 count (mean cells/uL)*	364	411	0.367^£
Hb (mean g/dL)**	12.43	12.76	0.557^£
VLref (mean log10RNA copies/mL)	4.90	3.82	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏^£

^∗𝑛=104, ^∗∗𝑛=105, ¥chi-square, and ^£𝑡-test.