TableĀ 4

Prevalence data: HIV-infected treated versus untreated

Author, yearSettingPopulationCase treatedControl untreatedARTDiagnosisPrevalence case %Prevalence control %p Value
Kagaruki, 2014Tanzania671 participants, 70.5% women
Mean age=38.7
n=354, 67.8% women
Mean age=40.6
n=317, 73.5% women
Mean age=36.7
Not statedWHO criteria3.74.7Not stated
Manuthu, 2008Kenya295 participants, 58% womenn=134n=16182.7% on d4t-based regimen, 51.1% on d4T+3TC+ nevirapine 31.6% on d4T+3TC+ efavirenz. 17.3% on AZT-based regimens 13.5% on AZT+3TC+ efavirenz 3.8% on AZT+3TC+ nevirapine; one PI-based regimen was AZT+3TC+ lopinavir.OGTT, criteria not stated1.51.20.85
Mohammed, 2015Ethiopia393 adults, 66.9% women
Mean age=37.9
n=284n=10932.1% used the drug combination zidovudine + lamivudine + nevirapineWHO criteria8.50.9<0.01
Nsagha, 2015Cameroon215 participants, 74.9% women
Mean age 44.2 years
Mean BMI=26.47
n=160, 77.5% women
Mean age=44.7
Mean BMI=26.94
n=55, 67.3% women
Mean age=38.6
Mean BMI=25.09
AZT+3TC+ efavirenx =1.3%, AZT+3TC+ nevirapine =50%, TDF+3TC+ efavirenz =27.5%, TDF+3TC+ nevirapine =13.1%, TDF+3TC+ lopinavir =8.1%WHO criteria1.93.60.46
Tesfaye, 2014Ethiopia374 participants, 68% women
Mean age=32.7
n=188, 63.8% women
Mean age=32.7
Mean BMI=22.1
n=186, 68.8% women
Mean age=32.6
Mean BMI=22.2
58% on regimen containing efavirenz and 42% on nevirapine as NNRTIIDF criteria33.521.5<0.05
  • 3TC, lamivudine; ART, antiretroviral therapy; AZT, zidovudine; BMI, body mass index; d4t, stavudine, IDF, International Diabetes Federation; NNRTI, non-nucleotide reverse transcriptase; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test; PI, protease inhibitor; TDF, tenofovir.