Table 1 Patient characteristics at anti-retroviral treatment (ART) initiation, Jiangsu province, China, 2005–2013.
From: Immunologic treatment failure among HIV-infected adult patients in Jiangsu province, China
Variable | N (total = 5,083) | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Year of ART initiation | ||
2005–2009 | 662 | 13.1 |
2010 | 540 | 10.6 |
2011 | 1,053 | 20.7 |
2012 | 1,248 | 24.6 |
2013 | 1,580 | 31.1 |
Guideline on ART eligibility | ||
CD4 ≤ 200 cells/uL in period 2005–2009 | 662 | 13.0 |
CD4 ≤ 350 cells/uL in period 2010–2013 | 4421 | 87.0 |
Age in years | ||
≤20 | 75 | 1.5 |
21~40 | 2,671 | 52.5 |
41~60 | 1,983 | 39.0 |
>60 | 354 | 7.0 |
Sex | ||
Male | 4,175 | 82.1 |
Female | 908 | 17.9 |
Marital status | ||
Married or cohabiting | 2,873 | 56.5 |
Single, never married | 1,383 | 27.2 |
Divorced or widowed | 827 | 16.3 |
Jiangsu province residency | ||
Yes | 4,083 | 80.3 |
No | 1,000 | 19.7 |
Facility providing ART | ||
Hospital | 2,360 | 46.4 |
Jail hospital | 87 | 1.7 |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention | 2,636 | 51.9 |
Transmission route | ||
Blood transfusion | 207 | 4.1 |
Mother to child | 12 | 0.2 |
Injecting drug uses | 152 | 3.0 |
Male to male sex | 2,366 | 46.5 |
Heterosexual sex | 2,319 | 45.6 |
Unsure | 27 | 0.5 |
Most recent CD4 count prior to ART initiation (cell /uL) | ||
≤100 | 1,536 | 30.5 |
101~200 | 1,109 | 22.0 |
201~350 | 2,078 | 41.3 |
>350 | 313 | 6.2 |
