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Table 1 Cohort characteristics at baseline

From: Risk factors for unstructured treatment interruptions and association with survival in low to middle income countries

Predictor Level No treatment interruption n (%) ≥90 day treatment interruption n (%)
n = 30,472 n = 10,162
Sex Female 14,785 (48.5) 4835 (47.6)
Male 15,675 (51.4) 5326 (52.4)
Age (years) <20 1601 (5.3) 481 (4.7)
20–39 18,408 (60.4) 6217 (61.2)
40–59 7181 (23.6) 1877 (18.5)
60+ 318 (1.0) 67 (0.7)
WHO stage at ART initiation 1 2704 (8.9) 980 (9.6)
2 2862 (9.4) 1063 (10.5)
3 15,317 (50.3) 5083 (50.0)
4 9001 (29.5) 2825 (27.8)
CD4 count at ART initiation (cells/μL) <200 13,182 (45.3) 3864 (38.0)
200–350 4000 (13.1) 1348 (13.3)
>350 1304 (4.3) 450 (4.4)
Marital status Not married 13,517 (44.4) 4613 (45.6)
Married 15,945 (52.3) 5343 (52.6)
Region Africa 6189 (20.3) 1996 (19.6)
Asia 24,281 (79.7) 8166 (80.4)
  1. Missing data <5 % for all apart from; age (9.7 % no uTI, 15.0 % uTI), and CD4 count (37.3 % no uTI, 44.3 % uTI)
  2. uTI unstructured treatment interruption