Epidemiology of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) among a cohort of HIV-infected and uninfected Ghanaian women

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of 163 HIV-1 seropositive women at enrolment

VARIABLES	n (%) or median (IQR)
Duration of HIV diagnosis, years (N = 163)
Median	4.3 (1.9–7.0)
< 5	93 (57.1)
≥ 5	70 (42.9)
ART status (N = 163)
Not on ART	34 (20.9)
≤ 2 years	28 (17.1)
> 2 years on ART	101 (62.0)
WHO clinical stage (N = 159)
Stage I & II	80 (50.3)
Stage III & IV	79 (49.7)
Nadir CD4+ count, cells/mm³ (N = 155)
Median	246 (125–398)
< 200	63 (40.7)
200–349	49 (31.6)
350–500	22 (14.2)
> 500	21 (13.6)

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