Evaluating Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Using Pharmacy Refill Records in a Rural Treatment Site in South Africa

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study participants.

Characteristic	Number of patients (%)
Age, years
≤35	175 (43.6)
36–45	135 (33.7)
≥46	91 (22.7)
Age, mean years (IQR)	36.5 (30–45)
Female (%)	246 (61.3)
Duration under cART, mean years (IQR)	2.2 (0.7–2.6)
WHO stage (%)
I or II	178 (44.4)
III or IV	211 (52.7)
Missing	12 (3.0)
Mean initial CD4 (cells/µl) [IQR]	273 (115–350)
Initial CD4 strata (%)
≤100 cells/µl	92 (22.9)
101–200 cells/µl	83 (20.7)
201–350 cells/µl	125 (31.2)
≥350 cells/µl	99 (24.7)
Missing	2 (0.5)
Mean initial viral load (copies/ml) [IQR]	304,141 (13626–273638)
Initial viral load strata (%)
≤100000 copies/ml	206 (51.4)
≥100000 copies/ml	175 (43.6)
Missing	20 (5.0)