Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants categorized by gender
Variables Category | Overall | Male | Female | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Â | |
Socio-demographic | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age group (year): | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 18 – 29 | 153 (16.1) | 19 (12.4) | 134 (87.6) | < 0.001 |
 30 – 45 | 561 (59.0) | 144 (25.7) | 417 (74.3) | |
 > 45 | 237 (24.9) | 84 (35.4) | 153 (64.6) | |
Marital status: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Currently | 303 (41.7) | 133 (43.9) | 170 (56.1) | < 0.001 |
 Never | 231 (31.8) | 37 (16.0) | 194 (84.0) | |
 Previously | 193 (26.5) | 18 (9.3) | 175 (90.7) | |
Income level (XAF): | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤ 50,000* | 628 (83.6) | 143 (22.8) | 485 (77.2) | < 0.001 |
 > 50,000 | 123 (16.4) | 50 (40.7) | 73 (59.3) | |
Level of education: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤ 7years of school (low) | 368 (48.9) | 93 (25.3) | 275 (74.7) | 0.747 |
 > 7 years of school (high) | 384 (51.1) | 101 (26.3) | 283 (73.7) | |
Region of residence: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 South West | 788 (82.9) | 198 (25.1) | 590 (74.9) | 0.191 |
 North West | 163 (17.1) | 49 (30.1) | 144 (69.9) | |
Management Facility: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 AMU | 111 (11.7) | 33 (29.7) | 78 (70.3) | 0.337 |
 ATC | 840 (88.3) | 214 (25.5) | 626 (74.5) | |
Behavioural | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Smoking: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 71 (9.1) | 48 (67.6) | 23 (32.4) | < 0.001 |
 No | 708 (90.9) | 151 (21.3) | 557 (78.7) | |
Alcohol use: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 423 (54.3) | 126 (29.8) | 297 (70.2) | 0.003 |
 No | 356 (45.7) | 73 (20.5) | 283 (79.5) | |
 Hazardous alcohol useф | 204 (48.2) | 61 (29.9) | 143 (70.1) | 0.960 |
 Standard alcohol use | 219 (51.8) | 65 (29.7) | 154 (70.3) | |
Alcoholic-smoker: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Both | 68 (16.0) | 46 (67.6) | 22 (32.4) | < 0.001 |
 Drinks or smokes | 358 (84.0) | 82 (22.9) | 276 (77.1) | |
Clinical history | Â | Â | Â | Â |
TB co-infection: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 90 (10.8) | 27 (30.0) | 63 (70.0) | 0.354 |
 No | 746 (89.2) | 190 (25.5) | 556 (74.5) | |
Regimen base: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 NVP | 614 (72.4) | 145 (23.6) | 469 (76.4) | 0.044 |
 EFV | 234 (27.6) | 71 (30.3) | 163 (69.7) | |
Duration of ART: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 12 months | 216 (25.2) | 57 (26.4) | 159 (73.6) | 0.888 |
 12 – 36 months | 390 (45.6) | 103 (26.4) | 287 (73.6) | |
 > 36 months | 250 (29.2) | 62 (24.8) | 288 (75.2) |