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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Motives for change of first-line antiretroviral therapy regimens in an unselected cohort of HIV/AIDS patients at a major referral centre in South-west Cameroon

Characteristic

Study participants (n = 100)

Age (in years)

 Mean ± SD

40.2 ± 8.0

 Range

26–64

Gendera

 Males

30 (30%)

 Females

70 (70%)

Marital statusa

 Married

52 (52%)

 Unmarried

48 (48%)

Occupationa

 Skilled

12 (12%)

 Unskilled

69 (69%)

 Unemployed

19 (19%)

Region of origina

 North west

46 (46%)

 South west

41 (41%)

 Others

13 (13%)

WHO clinical staginga

 Stage 1

5 (5%)

 Stage 2

36 (36%)

 Stage 3

52 (52%)

 Stage 4

7 (7%)

Duration of HIV infection (months)

 Median (IQR)

68 (42–84)

 Range

12–168

Duration of ART use (months)

 Median (IQR)

60 (36–72)

 Range

12–132

CD4 cell count

 Median (IQR)

476 (361–619)

 Range

49–977

Current opportunistic infectionsa

 Tuberculosis

1 (1%)

Previous opportunistic infectionsa

 Tuberculosis

20 (20%)

 Herpes zoster

12 (12%)

 Oral candidiasis

4 (4%)

 Toxoplasmosis

1 (1%)

  1. IQR interquartile range; SD: standard deviation
  2. aPercentages in parenthesis correspond to the number of participants in the respective categories as a proportion of the total number of participants (n = 100)