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Table 5 Reasons for testing, number of infections, WHO clinical staging, and hospitalization of children at diagnosis

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

Reasons for HIV testing

   

0.000

  Child was ill

188 (84.7)

131 (71.6)

319 (78.8)

 

  Illness of parents

20 (9.0)

19 (10.4)

39 (9.6)

 

  Death of mother

0 (0.0)

23 (12.6)

23 (5.7)

 

  Other

14 (6.3)

10 (5.5)

24 (5.9)

 

  Missing value = 1

    

Number of presenting infections

   

0.115

  Single infection

59 (49.9)

60 (50.4)

119 (30.3)

 

  Combination of 2 infections

48 (52.8)

43 (47.3)

91 (23.1)

 

  Combination of 3 infections

37 (52.9)

33 (47.1)

70 (17.8)

 

  Combination of 4 or more infections

73 (64.6)

40 (35.4)

113 (28.8)

 

  Missing value = 13

    

Hospitalization prior ART initiation

  

0.322

  No

96 (47.8)

105 (52.2)

201 (49.8)

 

Yes

87 (42.9)

116 (57.1)

203 (50.2)

 

  Missing value = 2

    

Number of admissions prior ART (n = 204)

  

0.727

  Single admission

52 (45.2)

63 (54.9)

115 (57.8)

 

  Two admission

16 (38.1)

26 (61.9)

42 (21.1)

 

  Multiple admissions

19 (42.7)

27 (57.1)

46 (22.7)

 

WHO clinical stage at ART initiation (n = 203)

   

0.602

  Stage 1 – Asymptomatic

28 (53.9)

24 (46.2)

52 (21.7)

 

  Stage 2 – Mild

55 (60.4)

36 (39.6)

91 (37.9)

 

  Stage 3 – Advanced

50 (55.6)

40 (44.4)

90 (37.5)

 

  Stage 4 – Severe

3 (42.9)

4 (57.1)

7 (2.9)