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West Africa
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East Africa
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p-value
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|---|
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No. of participants (% male)
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213 (34%)
|
160 (64%)
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< 0.0001a
|
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Age, years (IQR)b
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32 (27–40)
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28 (24–34)
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0.0006c
|
|
CD4 + cells, cells/mm3 (IQR)b
|
478 (305–619)d
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487 (347–625)
|
0.274c
|
|
Viral load, log10 copies/ml (IQR)b
|
4.86 (4.35–5.37)e
|
4.44 (3.95–4.93)
|
< 0.0001c
|
- ap-values calculated using Fisher’s exact test; bmedians with inter-quartile ranges shown in parentheses; cp-values calculated using the Mann–Whitney test; donly 66% of participants had CD4 + T cell count data; eonly 49% of participants had viral load data
