Baseline characteristics of participants that received 12 months of ART.

1n = 147,2n = 130,3n = 17,4n = 148,5n = 130,6n = 18,7n = 81,8n = 72,9n = 9,10n = 109,11n = 91,12n = 16.Statistical differences between virological treatment failures (n = 18) and virological treatment success after 12 months of ART were determined by student's t test for continuous normally distributed data, Wilcoxson rank sum test for non-parametric continuous data and chi-square and fisher's exact where appropriate for categorical data.*drinking any quantity of alcohol at least 3 days a week, every week in the last 6 months.