Baseline Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of a Cohort of HIV-infected <10 Years Old Children Initiating ART, by CD4 Availability at Six and 12 months, South Africa, August 2003–December 2008.

<p>*Children less than 3 years are started on a PI-based regimen while children over 3 years are started on an NNRTI-based regimen.</p>†<p>Baseline tuberculosis co-infection.</p>‡<p><i>Opportunistic infection</i> includes children with the presence of candidiasis, Kaposi's sarcoma, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, cryptococcosis, toxoplasmosis, or cryptosporidiosis.