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Table 3 Thrombocytopenia according to Sex, Age and ART

From: Thrombocytopenia according to antiretroviral drug combinations, viremia and CD4 lymphocytes among HIV-infected patients in Cameroon: a snapshot from the City of Yaoundé

Variables

Thrombocytopenia

p-value

Yes

No

Sex

  

0.007

 Female

27 (14.3%)

162 (85.7%)

 

 Male

32 (26.4%)

89 (73.6%)

 

Age

  

0.73

 0–11

2 (14.3%)

12 (85.7%)

 

 12–19

2 (13.3%)

13 (86.7%)

 

 20–35

13 (17.6%)

61 (82.4%)

 

 36–50

28 (19.9%)

113 (80.1%)

 

 > 50

14 (21.2%)

52 (78.8%)

 

ART exposure

  

< 0.001

 On ART

17 (6.9%)

228 (93.0%)

 

 Naive to ART

42 (64.6%)

23 (35.4%)

 

AZT exposure

  

< 0.001

 Treatment with AZT

11 (28.9%)

27 (71.1%)

 

 Treatment without AZT

6 (2.9%)

201 (97.1%)