Feb 18, 2014 - 1AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN), Jos University Teaching ... Place and Duration of Study: Adult HIV clinic at the Jos University ...
British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 4(13): 2536-2545, 2014
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Factors Associated with a Low CD4 Count among HIV-1 Infected Patients at Enrolment into HAART in Jos, Nigeria Augustine O. Ebonyi 1,2*, Oche O. Agbaji1,3, Joseph A. Anejo-Okopi1, Stephen Oguche1,2, Patricia A. Agaba1,4, Solomon A. Sagay1,5 and Prosper Okonkwo6 1
AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN), Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria. 2 Department of Paediatrics, University of Jos/ Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria. 3 Department of Medicine, University of Jos/ Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos. Nigeria. 4 Department of Family Medicine, University of Jos/ Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria. 5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Jos/ Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria. 6 AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN), Abuja, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author AOE Conception, design, data analysis/ results and manuscript writing and revision authors OOA, JAA, ASS, PAA, PO and SO manuscript revision. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Received 14 December 2013 st Accepted 1 February 2014 th Published 18 February 2014
ABSTRACT Aim: To determine the factors associated with a low CD4 count among HIV-1 positive patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Adult HIV clinic at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, between October 2010 and April 2011. Methodology: Data on demographic, clinical and laboratory variables for 218 HIV-1 infected patients aged 20 years and older were analysed. A low CD4 cell count was defined as CD4 cell count
