Research Article
A Feasibility Study on the Efficacy of Functional Near-Infrared Spectrometry (fNIRS) to Measure Prefrontal Activation in Paediatric HIV
Table 1
Demographics characteristics (N = 18).
| Sample characteristics | HIV group | Control group | Full sample | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Sex | Male | 5 | 27.8 | 3 | 16.7 | 8 | 44 | Female | 5 | 27.8 | 5 | 27.8 | 10 | 56 | Age range (years) | 10 −12 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12–14 | 2 | 11.1 | 2 | 11.1 | 4 | 22 | 14–16 | 6 | 33.3 | 5 | 27.8 | 11 | 61 | 16–18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 6 | Ethnicity | IsiXhosa | 9 | 50 | 8 | 44 | 17 | 94 | Other languages | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | School | Primary | 2 | 11.1 | 4 | 22.2 | 4 | 22 | Secondary | 8 | 44 | 4 | 22.2 | 14 | 78 |
|
|