Table 1 Socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics of HIV infected clients receiving care at Mulago and Nsambya HIV clinics in Kampala, Uganda

Age-group

0.18

  18-29

16 (10.3)

94 (37.3)

10 (7.8)

73 (28.1)

193 (24.2)

  30-39

85 (54.5)

120 (47.6)

57 (44.2)

156 (73.2)

418 (52.5)

  40+

55 (35.2)

38 (15.10)

62 (48.1)

31 (11.9)

186 (23.3)

Education

0.001

  None

03 (1.9)

21 (8.3)

04 (3.1)

11 (4.2)

39 (4.9)

  Primary

88 (56.4)

133 (52.8)

60 (46.5)

107 (41.1)

388 (48.7)

  Secondary

49 (31.4)

82 (32.5)

49 (38.0)

107 (41.1)

287 (36.0)

  Tertiary

16 (10.3)

16 (6.4)

16 (12.4)

35 (13.5)

83 (10.4)

Marital status

0.003

  Single

10 (6.4)

24 (9.5)

08 (6.2)

38 (14.6)

80 (10.0)

  Currently married

121 (77.6)

154 (61.1)

103 (79.8)

164 (63.1)

542 (68.0)

  Divorced/separated

21 (13.4)

57 (22.6)

11 (8.5)

32 (12.3)

121 (15.2)

  Widowed

04 (2.6)

17 (6.8)

07 (5.4)

26 (10.0)

54 (6.8)

Religion

0.74

  Catholic

63 (40.4)

99 (39.3)

54 (41.9)

105 (40.4)

321 (40.3)

  Protestant

64 (41.0)

74 (29.4)

49 (38.0)

75 (28.8)

262 (32.9)

  Muslim

17 (10.9)

42 (16.7)

12 (9.3)

39 (15.0)

110 (13.8)

  Other Christian

12 (7.7)

37 (14.6)

14 (10.8)

41 (15.8)

104 (13.0)

Average monthly expenditure

<0.0001

  <100,000

11 (7.1)

23 (9.1)

14 (10.8)

47 (18.1)

95 (11.9)

  100,000 – 500,000

110 (70.5)

191 (75.8)

106 (82.2)

188 (72.3)

595 (74.7)

  >500,000

35 (22.4)

38 (15.1)

09 (7.0)

25 (9.6)

107 (13.4)

Occupation

0.003

  Salaried

24 (15.4)

33 (13.1)

26 (20.2)

42 (16.2)

125 (15.7)

  Business/commercial

55 (35.3)

117 (46.4)

67 (51.9)

133 (15.2)

372 (46.7)

  Casual worker

48 (30.8)

34 (13.5)

26 (20.2)

30 (11.5)

138 (17.3)

  Other employment

29 (18.5)

68 (27.0)

10 (7.7)

55 (21.1)

162 (20.3)

Number of sexual partners (past 12 months)

<0.0001

  1

101 (64.7)

210 (83.3)

107 (83.0)

242 (93.1)

660 (82.8)

  2+

55 (35.3)

42 (16.7)

22 (17.0)

18 (6.9)

137 (17.2)

Condom use (past 12 months)

0.14

  Never

13 (8.3)

64 (25.4)

14 (10.9)

40 (15.4)

131 (16.4)

  Sometimes

55 (35.3)

111 (44.0)

45 (34.9)

116 (44.6)

327 (41.0)

  Always

88 (56.4)

77 (30.6)

70 (54.2)

104 (40.0)

339 (42.5)

Partner HIV status

0.07

  Unknown

41 (26.3)

117 (46.4)

31 (24.0)

95 (36.5)

284 (35.6)

  Known HIV negative

32 (20.5)

27 (10.7)

37 (28.7)

39 (15.0)

135 (16.9)

  Known HIV positive

83 (53.2)

108 (42.9)

61 (47.3)

126 (48.5)

378 (47.4)

HIV status disclosure to partner

0.07

  No

29 (18.6)

86 (34.1)

22 (17.0)

66 (25.4)

203 (25.5)

  Yes

127 (81.4)

166 (65.9)

107 (83.0)

194 (74.6)

594 (74.5)

Currently on ARVs

<0.0001

  No

35 (22.4)

89 (35.3)

08 (6.2)

33 (12.7)

165 (20.7)

  Yes

121 (77.6)

163 (64.7)

121 (93.8)

227 (87.3)

632 (79.3)

Duration since initiated ARVs ^b

<0.0001

  <1 year

25 (20.7)

28 (17.2)

15 (12.4)

45 (19.8)

114 (17.9)

  1 year

16 (13.2)

33 (20.2)

18 (14.9)

42 (18.5)

109 (17.2)

  2 years

36 (29.8)

36 (22.1)

21 (17.4)

25 (11.0)

118 (18.7)

  3+ years

44 (36.3)

66 (40.5)

67 (55.3)

115 (50.7)

292 (46.2)

CD4 cell count (last time tested)

<0.0001

  <350

55 (35.2)

69 (27.4)

51 (39.5)

79 (30.4)

254 (31.9)

  350-499

24 (15.4)

47 (18.6)

46 (35.7)

78 (30.0)

195 (24.4)

  500+

34 (21.8)

57 (22.6)

12 (9.3)

85 (32.7)

188 (23.6)

  Unknown

43 (27.6)

79 (31.4)

20 (15.5)

18 (6.9)

160 (20.1)

Health status

0.001

  Poor/Fair

27 (17.3)

59 (23.4)

22 (17.0)

23 (8.9)

131 (16.4)

  Good

66 (42.3)

89 (35.3)

50 (38.8)

103 (39.6)

308 (38.6)

  Very Good

63 (40.4)

104 (41.3)

57 (44.2)

134 (51.5)

358 (44.9)