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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics among hepatitis B positive and negative patients

From: Uptake of hepatitis B-HIV co-infection screening and management in a resource limited setting

Characteristics

Hepatitis B positive N = 359

Hepatitis B negative N = 7683

P value

Male gender N (%)

189 (52.6%)

2795 (36.4%)

<0.0001

Median Age (IQR) in years

38 (32, 45)

39 (32, 46)

0.119

WHO stage N (%) 3&4

220 (61.3%)

4388 (57.1%)

0.156

Median CD4 count at hepatitis B test (IQR) cells/μL

423 (269, 600)

483 (325, 657)

<0.0001

Ever used ART

337 (93.9%)

7079(92.1%)

0.231

Current ART regimen N (%)

 First line

316 (88.0%)

6569 (85.5%)

0.101

 Second line ART

20 (5.6%)

507 (6.6%)

 

 Third line ART

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.01%)

 

Median time (days, IQR) from ART start to hepatitis B test

74 (27, 399)

105 (28, 596)

< 0.0001

Active

289 (83.2%)

6801 (88.5%)

<0.0001

Dead

23 (6.5%)

179 (2.3%)

 

Lost

5 (1.4%)

118 (1.5%)

 

Transferred out

33 (9.6%)

585 (7.7%)