Table 1 General characteristics and health status of the study participants
Characteristic | All children (n = 328) | Children with detectable viral load (n = 104) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex, n (%) | |||
Female | 158 (48.2) | 46 (44.2) | |
Male | 170 (51.8) | 58 (55.8) | |
Age (years), mean (SD) | 10.8 (3.0) | 10.3 (3.3) | |
3–5 | 19 (5.8) | 9 (8.7) | |
6–7 | 31 (9.5) | 15 (14.4) | |
8–10 | 78 (23.8) | 20 (19.2) | |
11–12 | 91 (27.7) | 27 (26.0) | |
13–15 | 109 (33.2) | 33 (31.7) | |
Duration of ART (years), mean (SD) | 6.3 (3.6) | 4.9 (3.7) | |
< 1 | 28 (8.5) | 19 (18.3) | |
≥ 1 | 300 (91.5) | 85 (81.7) | |
Viral load, n (%) | |||
Undetected | 224 (68.3) | – | |
Detected (> 40 copies/mL) | 104 (31.7) | – | |
Viral load detected (n = 104) (copies/mL), n (%) | |||
< 40 | – | 26 (25.0) | |
40–100 | – | 16 (15.4) | |
100–1000 | – | 12 (11.5) | |
1000–10,000 | – | 12 (11.5) | |
10,000–100,000 | – | 28 (26.9) | |
> 100,000 | – | 10 (9.6) | |
Children without dental caries, n (%) | 19 (5.8) | 5 (4.8) | |
Dental caries status, n (%) | |||
DMFT (total children, n = 305) (children with detectable viral load, n = 93) | 4.0 (3.6) | 4.2 (4.1) | |
dmft (total children, n = 188) (children with detectable viral load, n = 68) | 7.0 (4.9) | 7.8 (5.0) | |
DMFT/dmft (total children, n = 328) (children with detectable viral load, n = 104) | 7.7 (5.0) | 8.9 (5.3) | |
Adherence to antiretroviral drugs in the past 30 days, n (%) | |||
Very poor | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Poor | 3 (0.9) | 3 (2.9) | |
Fair | 25 (7.6) | 9 (8.7) | |
Good | 168 (51.2) | 54 (51.9) | |
Very good | 75 (22.9) | 28 (26.9) | |
Excellent | 52 (15.9) | 8 (7.7) | |
Unknown | 5 (1.5) | 2 (2.0) | |