Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study population (N=6623).

Characteristics			People living with HIV/AIDS
Sex
	Male, n (%)	4720 (71.27)
	Female, n (%)	1903 (28.73)
Age group (years), n (%)
	≤18	138 (2.08)
	19-35	2974 (44.9)
	36-55	2864 (43.24)
	≥56	647 (9.77)
HIV transmission route, n (%)
	Former paid plasma donation	735 (11.1)
	Contaminated blood transfusion	777 (11.73)
	Intravenous drug use	337 (5.09)
	Mother-to-child transmission	108 (1.63)
	Men who have sex with men contact transmission	1691 (25.53)
	Heterosexual contact transmission	2975 (44.92)
CD4+ T lymphocyte count (cells/ul), mean (SD)			226 (86)
Antiretroviral therapy coverage, n (%)			5805 (87.65)
Hepatitis B surface antigen positive, n (%)			723 (10.92)
Anti–hepatitis C virus positive, n (%)			1563 (23.6)
Hepatitis C virus RNA detectable, n (%)			1112 (16.79)
Antisyphilis antibody positive, n (%)			1391 (21)
Positive in rapid plasma reagin circle card test, n (%)			520 (7.85)