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Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected children accessing primary health facility, by orphan status

From: The burden of disease on HIV-infected orphaned and non-orphaned children accessing primary health facilities in a rural district with poor resources in South Africa: a cross-sectional survey of primary caregivers of HIV-infected children aged 5–18 years

Variable

Non-orphans (n = 223)

Orphans (n = 183)

All

p-value

Age group

   

0.000

  5–9 years

132 (59.2)

66 (36.1)

198 (48.8)

 

  10–17 years

91 (40.8)

117 (63.1)

208 (51.2)

 

Mean age 9.6 years (range 5–17 years)

   

Gender

   

0.386

  Girl

112 (50.2)

84 (45.9)

196 (48.3)

 

  Boy

111 (49.8)

99 (54.1)

210 (51.7)

 

Attending school

   

0.687

  No

9 (4.0)

6 (3.3)

15 (3.7)

 

  Yes

214 (96.0)

177 (96.7)

391 (96.3)

 

Age at HIV diagnosis

  

0.027

  0–5 years

125 (57.3)

85 (48.6)

210 (53.4)

 

  6–10 years

77 (35.3)

63 (36.0)

140 (35.6)

 

  11–16 years

16 (7.3)

27 (15.4)

43 (10.9)

 

Mean age 4.8 years

   

Missing values = 13

   

Age at ART initiation

  

0.023

  0–5 years

111 (51.4)

73 (41.7)

184 (47.1)

 

  6–10 years

88 (40.7)

74 (42.3)

162 (41.4)

 

  11–16 years

17 (7.9)

28 (16.0)

45 (11.5)

 

  Mean age 5.6 years

   

Missing values = 15

   

Period receiving ART

  

0.146

  0–5 years

166 (76.2)

122 (68.9)

288 (72.9)

 

  6–10 years

48 (22.0)

47 (26.6)

95 (24.1)

 

  11–16 years

4 (1.8)

8 (4.5)

12 (3.0)

 

Mean time 4.0 years

   

Missing values = 11