Table 2 Clinical profile of IDUs, non-IDUs and non-DUs in Coastal Kenya between 2012–2013
From: Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study
All participants | Drug Use Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Â | Non- DUs | Non-IDUs | IDUs | p-value |
(N = 752) | (N = 306) | (N = 75) | (N = 371) |  | |
HIV status | |||||
 Negative | 455 (61) | 194 (63) | 48 (64) | 213 (57) | 0.23 |
 Positive | 297 (39) | 112 (37) | 27 (36) | 158 (43) |  |
On ARVs (N = 297 HIV) | 201 (68) | 88 (79) | 17 (63) | 96 (61) | 0.007 |
Duration of ARVs (N = 201) |  |  |  |  |  |
 < 6 months | 37 (18) | 15 (17) | 6 (35) | 16 (17) | < 0.001 |
 6 to 11 months | 33 (16) | 12 (13) | 2 (11) | 19 (20) |  |
 12 to 35 months | 68 (33) | 14 (15) | 2 (11) | 52 (54) |  |
 ≥ 36 months | 69 (33) | 51 (55) | 9 (47) | 9 (9.4) |  |
Clinical signs | |||||
 Fever | 309 (41) | 80 (26) | 23 (31) | 206 (56) | < 0.001 |
 Vomiting | 230 (31) | 52 (17) | 9 (12) | 169 (46) | < 0.001 |
 Diarrhoea | 212 (28) | 52 (17) | 13 (17) | 147 (40) | < 0.001 |
 Headache | 273 (36) | 76 (25) | 18 (24) | 179 (48) | < 0.001 |
 Cough | 346 (46) | 109 (36) | 36 (48) | 201 (54) | < 0.001 |
Chest examination | |||||
 Normal/clear | 585 (78) | 258 (81) | 59 (79) | 278 (75) | < 0.001 |
 Congested | 99 (13) | 46 (15) | 12 (16) | 41 (11) |  |
 Wheezy | 52 (6.9) | 0 | 0 | 52 (14) |  |
 Crepitation | 16 (2.1) | 12 (3.9) | 4 (5.3) | 0 |  |