Table 1 Socio-economic information of the participants at federal university teaching hospital Owerri and Imo state specialist hospital Umuguma

Mean ± Std. Deviation

Mean ± Std. Deviation

Mean difference

P

lower

Upper

Age

37.4 ± 12.5

38.7 ± 11.5

-1.4

0.170

-3.355

0.594

Income

63144.8 ± 34741.7

65211.6 ± 37715.2

-2066.6

0.510

-8229.6

4096.4

Duration on ART(months)

86.2 ± 57.1

81.7 ± 49.8

4.4

0.318

-4.3

13.2

Viral load

325.6 ± 289.0

1584.4 ± 1335.7

-1258.7

< 0.0001

-1440.7

-1076.

Chisquare analysis

Gender

FUTH

ISSH

Chi square

p-value

Female

146 (65.5%)

283 (68.9%)

Total

223

411

0.757

0.384

Marital Status

Married

72 (32.3%)

140 (34.1%)

Single

83 (37.2%)

128 (31.1%)

Cohabiting

9 (4.0%)

21 (5.1%)

Widowed

10 (4.5%)

68 (16.5%)

Separated

30 (13.5%)

44 (10.7%)

Divorced

19 (8.5%)

10 (2.4%)

Total

223

411

31.83

< 0.0001