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Table 1 Socio-demographic and prevalence of KS in different characteristics of patients seen at IDC clinic between January 2012 and December 2015

From: Prevalence and associated risk factors for Kaposi’s sarcoma among HIV-positive patients in a referral hospital in Northern Tanzania: a retrospective hospital-based study

Characteristic

 

Kaposi sarcoma

Total (%)

Negative (%)

Positive (%)

Age (years)

 0–18

189(17.2)

188(17.9)

1(2)

 19–34

481(43.7)

463(44.1)

18(35.3)

 35+

430(39.1)

398(37.9)

32(62.7)

Gender

 Male

429(39)

398(37.9)

31(60.8)

 Female

671(61)

651(62.1)

20(39.2)

Marital status

 Married

546(49.6)

512(48.8)

34(66.7)

 Divorced(widowed

212(19.3)

206(19.6)

6(11.8)

 Single

342(31.1)

331(31.6)

11(21.6)

Residence

 Urban

482(43.8)

464(44.2)

18(35.3)

 Rural

618(56.2)

585(55.8)

33(64.7)

Occupation

 Student

275(25)

270(25.7)

5(9.8)

 Employee

150(13.6)

139(13.3)

11(21.6)

 Business

282(25.6)

272(25.9)

10(19.6)

 Peasant

393(35.7)

368(35.1)

25(49)

Education level

 No formal education

95(8.6)

87(8.3)

8(15.7)

 Primary

677(61.5)

650(62)

27(52.9)

 Secondary

241(21.9)

233(22.2)

8(15.7)

 College

87(7.9)

79(7.5)

8(15.7)

Smoking

 Smoker

241(21.9)

216(20.6)

25(49)

 Non smoker

859(78.1)

833(79.4)

26(51)

Visit to traditional healers

 No

913(83)

885(84.4)

28(54.9)

 Yes

187(17)

164(15.6)

23(45.1)

ART use

 ART user

807(73.4)

767(73.1)

40(78.4)

 Non ART user

293(26.6)

282(26.9)

11(21.6)

CD4 count

 0–200

405(36.8)

364(34.7)

41(80.4)

 201–600

531(48.3)

522(49.8)

9(17.6)

 601+

164(14.9)

163(15.5)

1(2)

History of STIs

 Have STI

208(18.9)

192(18.3)

16(31.4)

 No STI

892(81.1)

857(81.7)

35(68.6)

  1. The table summarizes the socio-demographic and prevalence characteristics of the 1100 patients included in this study. The general characteristics of the study population are summarized. Furthermore, we observed more KS positivity in older patients above 35 years. More male patients were also KS positive compared to female HIV positive patients. Other patients’ characteristics which were more common on KS patients were smoking, attending traditional healers and low CD4+ counts