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Table 4 Viral suppression at different threshold disaggregated by duration of ART and level of service delivery

From: HIV viral suppression at different thresholds and duration of treatment in the dolutegravir treatment era in Sierra Leone: a nationwide survey

Duration of ART (months)

Viral load (copies/mL)

Overall, N = 2253

Primary, N = 601

Secondary, N = 188

Tertiary, N = 1,464

p-value

 N

%, 95%CI

N

%, 95%CI

N

%, 95%CI

N

%, 95%CI

(≤ 3)

< 1000

165

84.2 (78.1, 88.8)

56

87.5 (76.3, 94.1)

16

80.0 (55.7, 93.4)

93

83.0 (74.5, 89.2)

0.6

 

< 400

148

75.5 (68.8, 81.2)

47

73.4 (60.7, 83.3)

14

70.0 (45.7, 87.2)

87

77.7 (68.6, 84.8)

0.7

 

< 200

136

69.4 (62.3, 75.7)

43

67.2 (54.2, 78.1)

12

60.0 (36.4, 80.0)

81

72.3 (62.9, 80.2)

0.5

 

< 50

100

51.0 (43.8, 58.2)

32

50.0 (38.1, 61.9)

9

45.0 (23.8, 68.0)

59

52.7 (43.1, 62.1)

0.8

 

< 20

84

42.9 (35.9, 50.1)

24

37.5 (26.0, 50.5)

7

35.0 (16.3, 59.1)

53

47.3 (37.9, 56.9)

0.3

(3,6]

< 1000

103

88.8 (81.3, 93.7)

29

90.6 (73.8, 97.5)

10

90.9 (57.1, 99.5)

64

87.7 (77.4, 93.9)

> 0.9

 

< 400

99

85.3 (77.3, 91.0)

28

87.5 (70.1, 95.9)

10

90.9 (57.1, 99.5)

61

83.6 (72.7, 90.9)

> 0.9

 

< 200

99

85.3 (77.3, 91.0)

28

87.5 (70.1, 95.9)

10

90.9 (57.1, 99.5)

61

83.6 (72.7, 90.9)

> 0.9

 

< 50

85

73.3 (64.1, 80.9)

27

84.4 (66.5, 94.1)

8

72.7 (39.3, 92.7)

50

68.5 (56.4, 78.6)

0.2

 

< 20

74

63.8 (54.3, 72.4)

22

68.8 (49.9, 83.3)

7

63.6 (31.6, 87.6)

45

61.6 (49.5, 72.6)

0.8

(6,12]

< 1000

169

90.9 (85.5, 94.4)

43

86.0 (72.6, 93.7)

18

94.7 (71.9, 99.7)

108

92.3 (85.5, 96.2)

0.4

 

< 400

169

90.9 (85.5, 94.4)

43

86.0 (72.6, 93.7)

18

94.7 (71.9, 99.7)

108

92.3 (85.5, 96.2)

0.4

 

< 200

165

88.7 (83.0, 92.7)

42

84.0 (70.3, 92.4)

18

94.7 (71.9, 99.7)

105

89.7 (82.4, 94.4)

0.4

 

< 50

148

79.6 (72.9, 85.0)

38

76.0 (61.5, 86.5)

17

89.5 (65.5, 98.2)

93

79.5 (70.8, 86.2)

0.5

 

< 20

130

69.9 (62.7, 76.3)

33

66.0 (51.1, 78.4)

12

63.2 (38.6, 82.8)

85

72.6 (63.5, 80.3)

0.6

> 12

< 1000

1,546

88.1(86.5, 89.6)

383

84.2 (80.4, 87.3)

128

92.8 (86.7, 96.3)

1,035

89.1 (87.1, 90.8)

0.005

 

< 400

1,511

86.1 (84.4, 87.7)

369

81.1 (77.1, 84.5)

125

90.6 (84.1, 94.7)

1,017

87.5 (85.5, 89.3)

0.001

 

< 200

1,478

84.2 (82.4, 85.9)

364

80.0 (76.0, 83.5)

122

88.4 (81.6, 93.0)

992

85.4 (83.2, 87.3)

0.011

 

< 50

1,339

76.3 (74.2, 78.3)

337

74.1 (69.7, 78.0)

107

77.5 (69.5, 84.0)

895

77.0 (74.5, 79.4)

0.4

 

< 20

1,229

70.0 (67.8, 72.2)

319

70.1 (65.6, 74.2)

98

71.0 (62.6, 78.3)

812

69.9 (67.1, 72.5)

> 0.9

  1. CI: confidence interval; ART: antiretroviral therapy