Table 2 Characteristics of HIV-infected adults at discharge from three nutritional therapy programmes in Kenya and Uganda, by nutrition outcome, 2006-2008
Patient characteristics | Cured | Not cured | Defaulted | Died | Othera | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 524 (47.4%) | n = 149 (13.5%) | n = 250 (22.6%) | n = 132 (11.9%) | n = 51 (4.6%) | N = 1106 | |
Demographic factors | ||||||
Women (%) | 323 (61.6) | 79 (53.0) | 128 (51.2) | 64 (48.5) | 33 (64.7) | 627 (56.7) b |
Age, years, median [IQR] | 32 [27-40] | 35 [29-42] | 33 [27-40] | 34 [30-42] | 35 [27-44] | 33 [28-40] c |
NP follow-up time, months, median [IQR] | 3.7 [2.2-6.1] | 7.1 [5.9-9.6] | 2.3 [1.0-3.9] | 1.6 [0.8-2.8] | 2.8 [0.9-5.6] | 3.3 [1.7-6.2] c |
Nutritional indicators | ||||||
Daily weight gain, g/kg/d, median [IQR] | 1.6 [1.0-2.6] | 0.3 [0.1-0.6] | 0 [-0.4-0.3] | 0 [-1.1-0] | 0.05 [-0.5-1] | 0.8 [0-1.8]c |
Weight gain, kg median [IQR] | 8 [5.5-11] | 3 [1-5] | 0 [-2-1] | 0 [-3-0] | 1 [-2.5-4] | 4 [0-8] c |
BMI, kg/m2 | n = 524 | n = 102 | n = 230 | n = 126 | n = 47 | n = 1029 |
Median [IQR] | 18.7 [18.2-19.5] | 16.7 [15.8-17.3] | 15.2 [14.0-16.2] | 14.9 [13.4-16.0] | 15.8 [14.5-17.2] | 17.7 [15.6-18.8] c |
Clinical & immunological factors | ||||||
Non-cumulative HIV clinical stage (%) | n = 490 | n = 89 | n = 142 | n = 21 | n = 42 | n = 784 c |
Asymptomatic | 47 (9.6) | 7 (7.9) | 13 (9.2) | 1 (4.8) | 6 (14.3) | 74 (9.4) |
1 or 2 | 280 (57.1) | 60 (67.4) | 33 (23.2) | 5 (23.8) | 13 (31.0) | 391 (49.9) |
3 | 129 (26.4) | 21 (23.6) | 68 (47.9) | 8 (38.1) | 15 (35.7) | 241 (30.7) |
4 | 34 (6.9) | 1 (1.1) | 28 (19.7) | 7 (33.3) | 8 (19.0) | 78 (10.0) |
CD4 cell count, cells/mm3 | n = 173 | n = 47 | n = 63 | n = 44 | n = 18 | n = 345 |
Median [IQR] | 218 [106-363] | 292 [201-454] | 96 [33-214] | 36 [16-129] | 91.5 [45-431] | 188 [58-349] c |
<200 (%) | 78 (45.1) | 11 (23.4) | 44 (69.8) | 36 (81.8) | 10 (55.6) | 179 (51.8) c |