Secular trends in pediatric antiretroviral treatment programs in rural and urban Zambia: a retrospective cohort study

Table 3 One year retention and outcomes by ART eligibility status at initial evaluation among HIV-infected children in urban and rural Zambia

	First year N (%)	Second year N (%)	Third year N (%)	p-trend^a
Urban
Eligible for ART^b	N = 146	N = 122	N = 92	0.39
On ART	131 (89.7)	99 (81.2)	78 (84.8)
Alive, not on ART	3 (2.1)	3 (2.5)	3 (3.3)
Died	1 (0.7)	3 (2.5)	1 (1.1)
Defaulted	11 (7.5)	17 (13.9)	9 (9.8)
Transferred	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.1)
Ineligible for ART^b	N = 53	N = 18	N = 17	0.87
On ART	20 (37.7)	9 (50.0)	4 (23.5)
Alive, not on ART	17 (32.1)	5 (27.8)	6 (32.3)
Died	0 (0.0)	1 (5.6)	1 (5.9)
Defaulted	14 (26.4)	3 (16.7)	5 (29.4)
Transferred	2 (3.8)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.9)
Rural
Eligible for ART^b	N = 22	N = 58		0.29
On ART	18 (81.8)	33 (56.9)
Alive, not on ART	2 (9.1)	17 (29.3)
Died	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Defaulted	2 (9.1)	8 (13.8)
Transferred	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Ineligible for ART^b	N = 18	N = 36		0.63
On ART	9 (50.0)	7 (19.4)
Alive, not on ART	6 (33.3)	16 (44.4)
Died	0 (0.0)	2 (5.6)
Defaulted	3 (16.7)	11 (30.6)
Transferred	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

^a p-trend calculated from Mantel-Haenszel χ²
^b determined retrospectively based on the WHO guidelines in effect at the time of the initial evaluation

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