Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mortality among Adult HIV Patients Initiating ART in Rural Setting of HIV Care and Treatment Services in North Western Tanzania: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

General demographic clinical and laboratory characteristics of 740 participants.

Variable	Frequency	Median (IQR) or percentage
Age in years	740	35 27–42
Age group
≥45 years	156	21.1
<45 years	584	78.9
Sex
Male	275	37.2
Female	465	62.8
Marital status
Married	278	37.6
Divorced	160	21.6
Widow	154	20.8
Single	51	6.9
WHO stage
3 & 4	261	35.3
1 & 2	479	64.7
Baseline CD4 (cell/µl)	740	256 132–469
Baseline CD4 group
≤200 cell/µl	258	34.9
>200 cell/µl	482	65.1
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	740	11.4 9.7–13.1
Normal HB	452	61.1
Anemia total	288	38.9
Mild anemia	147	19.9
Moderate anemia	88	11.9
Severe anemia	53	7.2
OI on diagnosis
Tuberculosis	197	26.6
Others	543	73.4
Outcome on ART
Median time (Mo)	740	27 17–37
Dead	86	11.6
Alive	654	88.4

ART: antiretroviral therapy; CD4: cluster of differentiation 4; dl: deciliter; HB: hemoglobin; IQR: interquartile range; Mo: months; OI: opportunistic infection; WHO: World Health Organization.