Table 3 Characteristics of HIV patients enrolled at Carmelo Hospital of Chókwè between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2019 by CD4 Cells count status.

From: Predictors of attrition among adults in a rural HIV clinic in southern Mozambique: 18-year retrospective study

 

CD4 cell count per microliter

 < 50

50–99

100–199

200–349

350–499

500 + 

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

CD4 + T-cell count (Cell/µL) , median (IQR)

17

(0–49)

87

(50–99)

146

(100–199)

279

(200–349)

418

(350–499)

829

(500–2895)

192

(0–2895)

Gender

              

Female

1239

45.7%

1556

54.4%

1577

56.2%

3145

67.4%

909

67.0%

1231

63.9%

9657

59.2%

Male

1474

54.3%

1302

45.6%

1227

43.8%

1520

32.6%

447

33.0%

694

36.1%

6664

40.8%

Age (years) , median (IQR)

35

(15–88)

36

(15–93)

35

(15–90)

34

(15–91)

34

(15–79)

34

(15–83)

35

(15–93)

Age band

15–24

212

7.8%

190

6.6%

244

8.7%

560

12.0%

209

15.4%

282

14.6%

1697

10.4%

25–34

1071

39.5%

1051

36.8%

1046

37.3%

1801

38.6%

517

38.1%

704

36.6%

6190

37.9%

35–44

880

32.4%

899

31.5%

791

28.2%

1235

26.5%

372

27.4%

536

27.8%

4713

28.9%

45–54

378

13.9%

485

17.0%

492

17.5%

722

15.5%

170

12.5%

243

12.6%

2490

15.3%

55 + 

172

6.3%

233

8.2%

231

8.2%

347

7.4%

88

6.5%

160

8.3%

1231

7.5%

Point of entry

In-patient

1075

39.6%

528

18.5%

377

13.4%

300

6.4%

69

5.1%

82

4.3%

2431

14.9%

Out-patient

1638

60.4%

2330

81.5%

2427

86.6%

4365

93.6%

1287

94.9%

1843

95.7%

13,890

85.1%

Previous ART exposition

ART naive

2533

93.4%

2676

93.6%

2685

95.8%

4525

97.0%

1304

96.2%

1731

89.9%

15,454

94.7%

ART non-naive

180

6.6%

182

6.4%

119

4.2%

140

3.0%

52

3.8%

194

10.1%

867

5.3%

Previous Anti-TB Treatment

Complete ATT before ART initiation

96

3.8%

100

3.7%

116

4.4%

157

3.5%

26

1.9%

16

0.8%

511

3.3%

Initiated ATT < 90 days after ART initiation

1654

64.7%

1066

39.4%

837

31.5%

744

16.5%

193

14.5%

173

9.1%

4667

29.8%

Unexposed to ATT initiation

808

31.6%

1538

56.9%

1706

64.2%

3601

80.0%

1116

83.6%

1721

90.1%

10,490

67.0%

WHO clinical staging of HIV disease

Clinical stage I

186

6.9%

342

12.0%

547

19.5%

1480

31.7%

696

51.3%

1250

64.9%

4501

27.6%

Clinical stage II

233

8.6%

599

21.0%

720

25.7%

1425

30.5%

304

22.4%

307

15.9%

3588

22.0%

Clinical stage III

480

17.7%

625

21.9%

550

19.6%

817

17.5%

128

9.4%

137

7.1%

2737

16.8%

Clinical stage IV

1814

66.9%

1292

45.2%

987

35.2%

943

20.2%

228

16.8%

231

12.0%

5495

33.7%

Kaposi Sarcoma

Kaposi Sarcoma

72

2.7%

66

2.3%

50

1.8%

55

1.2%

23

1.7%

33

1.7%

299

1.8%

No Kaposi Sarcoma

2641

97.3%

2792

97.7%

2754

98.2%

4610

98.8%

1333

98.3%

1892

98.3%

16,022

98.2%

ART enrollment year

2002

3

0.1%

2

0.1%

2

0.1%

1

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

8

0.0%

2003

22

0.8%

12

0.4%

24

0.9%

13

0.3%

6

0.4%

0

0.0%

77

0.5%

2004

15

0.6%

10

0.3%

21

0.7%

10

0.2%

5

0.4%

2

0.1%

63

0.4%

2005

66

2.4%

34

1.2%

76

2.7%

48

1.0%

8

0.6%

2

0.1%

234

1.4%

2006

169

6.2%

369

12.9%

131

4.7%

100

2.1%

14

1.0%

2

0.1%

785

4.8%

2007

176

6.5%

722

25.3%

174

6.2%

149

3.2%

7

0.5%

4

0.2%

1232

7.5%

2008

254

9.4%

144

5.0%

277

9.9%

563

12.1%

37

2.7%

7

0.4%

1282

7.9%

2009

229

8.4%

158

5.5%

300

10.7%

531

11.4%

49

3.6%

6

0.3%

1273

7.8%

2010

256

9.4%

189

6.6%

321

11.4%

661

14.2%

34

2.5%

8

0.4%

1469

9.0%

2011

226

8.3%

190

6.6%

229

8.2%

508

10.9%

31

2.3%

21

1.1%

1205

7.4%

2012

262

9.7%

189

6.6%

261

9.3%

547

11.7%

77

5.7%

62

3.2%

1398

8.6%

2013

148

5.5%

109

3.8%

212

7.6%

408

8.7%

74

5.5%

79

4.1%

1030

6.3%

2014

323

11.9%

215

7.5%

272

9.7%

475

10.2%

371

27.4%

76

3.9%

1732

10.6%

2015

228

8.4%

145

5.1%

261

9.3%

327

7.0%

338

24.9%

116

6.0%

1415

8.7%

2016

231

8.5%

150

5.2%

132

4.7%

232

5.0%

158

11.7%

261

13.6%

1164

7.1%

2017

53

2.0%

105

3.7%

51

1.8%

75

1.6%

117

8.6%

443

23.0%

844

5.2%

2018

33

1.2%

84

2.9%

45

1.6%

8

0.2%

26

1.9%

478

24.8%

674

4.1%

2019

19

0.7%

31

1.1%

15

0.5%

9

0.2%

4

0.3%

358

18.6%

436

2.7%

ART therapy initiation

ABC + 3TC + EFV

22

0.8%

10

0.3%

5

0.2%

6

0.1%

3

0.2%

10

0.5%

56

0.3%

ABC + 3TC + LPV/RTV

5

0.2%

4

0.1%

2

0.1%

1

0.0%

0

0.0%

4

0.2%

16

0.1%

AZT + 3TC + ABC

46

1.7%

26

0.9%

34

1.2%

78

1.7%

10

0.7%

9

0.5%

203

1.2%

AZT + 3TC + EFV

91

3.4%

54

1.9%

73

2.6%

106

2.3%

60

4.4%

34

1.8%

418

2.6%

AZT + 3TC + LPV/RTV

18

0.7%

5

0.2%

11

0.4%

13

0.3%

2

0.1%

3

0.2%

52

0.3%

AZT + 3TC + NVP

662

24.4%

1148

40.2%

1164

41.5%

2151

46.1%

241

17.8%

145

7.5%

5511

33.8%

D4T + 3TC + ABC

188

6.9%

104

3.6%

85

3.0%

121

2.6%

21

1.5%

12

0.6%

531

3.3%

D4T + 3TC + EFV

289

10.7%

146

5.1%

117

4.2%

86

1.8%

16

1.2%

12

0.6%

666

4.1%

D4T + 3TC + LPV/RTV

1

0.0%

0

0.0%

1

0.0%

1

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

3

0.0%

D4T + 3TC + NVP

397

14.6%

398

13.9%

327

11.7%

421

9.0%

29

2.1%

16

0.8%

1588

9.7%

TDF + 3TC + DTG

1

0.0%

7

0.2%

4

0.1%

1

0.0%

0

0.0%

55

2.9%

68

0.4%

TDF + 3TC + EFV

907

33.4%

801

28.0%

900

32.1%

1587

34.0%

963

71.0%

1609

83.6%

6767

41.5%

TDF + 3TC + LPV/RTV

86

3.2%

155

5.4%

81

2.9%

93

2.0%

11

0.8%

16

0.8%

442

2.7%

Outcomes

LTFU

597

22.0%

676

23.7%

821

29.3%

1330

28.5%

414

30.5%

293

15.2%

4131

25.3%

Retention

593

21.9%

1173

41.0%

1135

40.5%

2299

49.3%

737

54.4%

1342

69.7%

7279

44.6%

Death

1220

45.0%

594

20.8%

451

16.1%

399

8.6%

62

4.6%

50

2.6%

2776

17.0%

Transfer-out

303

11.2%

415

14.5%

397

14.2%

637

13.7%

143

10.5%

240

12.5%

2135

13.1%

  1. ART antiretroviral treatment, ABC abacavir, 3TC lamivudine, EFV efavirenz, LPV/RTV lopinavir/ritonavir, AZT zidovudine, D4T stavudine; NVP nevirapine, DGT dolutegravir.