| Characteristic | Total no. of patients | Outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow-up time, yr | AIDS event before starting ART; no. (%) of patients | Died before starting ART; no. (%) of patients | Started ART during follow-up; no. (%) of patients | Time to initiation of ART, yr | CD4 cell count prior to iniation of ART, cells/μL | ||
| Subtype A | 566 | 2.1 | 75 (0.13) | 5 (0.01) | 419 (0.74) | 0.77 | 240 |
| Subtype AE | 274 | 2.0 | 38 (0.14) | 0 (0.00) | 203 (0.74) | 0.90 | 220 |
| Subtype AG | 527 | 1.7 | 50 (0.09) | 2 (0.00) | 368 (0.70) | 0.49 | 240 |
| Subtype B | 10 787 | 2.3 | 1 206 (0.11) | 53 (0.00) | 7 870 (0.73) | 1.28 | 230 |
| Subtype C | 1 351 | 1.7 | 187 (0.14) | 4 (0.00) | 933 (0.69) | 0.46 | 210 |
| Subtype G | 177 | 1.6 | 14 (0.08) | 1 (0.01) | 121 (0.68) | 0.44 | 220 |
| African ancestry | 2 086 | 1.8 | 275 (0.13) | 6 (0.00) | 1 476 (0.71) | 0.51 | 220 |
| Other ethnicity | 10 006 | 2.3 | 1 159 (0.12) | 54 (0.01) | 7 062 (0.71) | 1.27 | 230 |
| Missing ethnicity | 1 590 | 2.1 | 136 (0.09) | 5 (0.00) | 1 376 (0.87) | 1.16 | 230 |
| Total | 13 682 | 2.2 | 1 570 (0.11) | 65 (0.00) | 9 914 (0.72) | 1.10 | 230 |
Note: ART = antiretroviral therapy.