Research Article

Costing of Paediatric Treatment alongside Clinical Trials under Low Resource Constraint Environments: Cotrimoxazole and Antiretroviral Medications in Children Living with HIV/AIDS

Table 3

Descriptive statistics of respondents: CHAP cohort.
(a)

Age (months)CD4 countCD4 percentWeight (kg)

Descriptive statistics at commencement of CHAP trial
Mean665851217
Median574491116
Range17854225438
Minimum0402
Maximum17854265539

Progression of descriptive statistics at 48–72 weeks after initiation of cotrimoxazole
Mean735991416
Median646011314
Range17718135833
Minimum02206
Maximum17718355839

Descriptive statistics at commencement of CHAP trial
Mean466941413
Median385871311
Range17332885627
Minimum6204
Maximum17932905731

(b)

Weight (kg)Age (months)CD4 countCD4 percent

Descriptive statistics at commencement of CHAPAS trial
Mean15655013
Median155.737512
Range22.814.7370038
Minimum3.20.220
Maximum2614.9370238

Descriptive statistics at 72–96 weeks of ARV initiation in CHAPAS trial
Mean147105029
Median14790729
Range2315381967
Minimum30172
Maximum2715383669

Descriptive statistics at end of CHAPAS trial
Mean16680820
Median16776619
Range1714226548
Minimum81251
Maximum2415229049