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Table 1 Demographic and Clinical characteristics of 29,382 Participants Attending HIV Services in Dar es Salaam Region

From: Determinants of isoniazid preventive therapy completion among people living with HIV attending care and treatment clinics from 2013 to 2017 in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. A cross-sectional analytical study

Variable

Frequency

%

IPT completers N = 17,092(58.2)

P-value

Age category

 15–24

1454

4.9

818(56.3)

 

 25–34

5216

17.8

2999(57.5)

 

 35–44

11,708

39.9

6771(57.8)

 

  ≥45

11,004

37.4

6504(59.1)

 

 Mean (standard deviation)

41.4(±10.2)

 

41.55(±10.1)

0.053

Sex

 Male

7574

25.8

12,702(58.2)

 

 Female

21,808

74.2

4390(57.9)

0.667

Marital status (n = 25,888)

 Single

7847

30.3

4414(56.2)

 

 Married/cohabiting

13,401

51.8

7945(59.3)

 

 Divorced/widowed

4640

17.9

2823(60.8)

< 0.001

Year of Initiation

 2013

1857

6.3

773(41.6)

 

 2014

5169

17.6

2254(43.6)

 

 2015

7754

26.4

3783(48.8)

 

 2016

10,746

36.6

7353(68.4)

 

 2017 (Jan to June only)

3856

13.1

2929(75.9)

< 0.001

PLHIV by Health facility ownership

 Public

20,272

68.9

10,699(52.8)

 

 Private

9110

31.1

6393(70.2)

< 0.001

ART status (n = 29,374)

 Not on ART

515

1.8

136(26.4)

 

 On ART

28,859

98.2

16,956(58.7)

< 0.001

WHO clinical stage (n = 29,121)

 I

5026

17.3

3141(62.5)

 

 II

6758

23.2

4017(59.4)

 

 III

14,910

51.2

8505(57.1)

 

 IV

2427

8.3

1348(55.5)

< 0.001

CD4 count in cells/μL   (n = 29,249)

  < 100

13,687

46.8

8001(58.5)

 

 100–349

9927

33.9

5999(60.4)

 

  ≥ 350

5635

19.3

3016(53.5)

< 0.001

 Median (lower quartile, upper quartile)

155(48, 260)

   

Visit status (n = 29,337)

 Actively attending clinics

28,480

97.1

16,720(58.7)

 

 Missing scheduled appointments

383

1.3

186(48.6)

 

 Transferred to another clinic

474

1.6

174(36.7)

< 0.001

Co-medications (n = 10,047)

 Cotrimoxazole

7180

71.5

4160(57.9)

 

 Fluconazole

22

0.2

9(40.9)

 

 Others

2845

28.3

1743(61.3)

0.002

Visit type (n = 29,354)

 Scheduled

26,512

90.3

15,435(58.2)

 

 Traced back after LTFU

238

0.8

161(67.7)

 

 Treatment supported drugs pick up

287

1.0

174(60.6)

 

 Unscheduled

2317

7.9

1309(56.5)

0.007