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. 2024 Feb 29;12:1336845. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1336845

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the MSM overall, non-late presenters (NonLP) and late presenters (LP).

N Overall NonLP (N = 214) LP (N = 157) p-value
N (%) [95% CI]
Median (IQR)
N (%) [95% CI]
Median (IQR)
N (%) [95% CI]
Median (IQR)
Sociodemographics
Diagnosis year 370 0.3
2014–2016 246 (66%) [61,71%] 147 (69%) [62, 75%] 99 (63%) [55,71%]
2017–2019 124 (34%) [29,39%] 67 (31%) [25,38%] 57 (37%) [29,45%]
Age at diagnosis 370 31 (25, 38) 29 (24, 35) 35 (26, 43) <0.001
Age at diagnosis (groups) 370 <0.001
18–24 78 (21%) [17, 26%] 54 (25%) [20, 32%] 24 (15%) [10, 22%]
25–34 154 (42%) [37, 47%] 101 (47%) [40, 54%] 53 (34%) [27, 42%]
35–44 90 (24%) [20, 29%] 41 (19%) [14, 25%] 49 (31%) [24, 39%]
45–54 35 (9.5%) [6.8, 13%] 11 (5.1%) [2.7, 9.3%] 24 (15%) [10, 22%]
≥55 13 (3.5%) [2.0, 6.1%] 7 (3.3%) [1.4, 6.9%] 6 (3.8%) [1.6, 8.6%]
Country of origin 371 0.4
Portugal 267 (72%) [67, 76%] 159 (74%) [68, 80%] 108 (69%) [61, 76%]
Latin America 77 (21%) [17, 25%] 43 (20%) [15, 26%] 34 (22%) [16, 29%]
Africa 16 (4.3%) [2.6, 7.1%] 8 (3.7%) [1.7, 7.5%] 8 (5.1%) [2.4, 10%]
Other 11 (3.0%) [1.6, 5.4%] 4 (1.9%) [0.60, 5.0%] 7 (4.5%) [2, 9.3%]
Migrant status 371 0.2
Native 268 (72%) [67, 77%] 160 (75%) [68, 80%] 108 (69%) [61, 76%]
Migrant 103 (28%) [23, 33%] 54 (25%) [20, 32%] 49 (31%) [24, 39%]
District of residence 369 0.2
Lisboa 194 (53%) [47, 58%] 116 (54%) [48, 61%] 78 (50%) [42, 58%]
Porto 58 (16%) [12, 20%] 32 (15%) [11, 21%] 26 (17%) [11, 24%]
Faro 38 (10%) [7.5, 14%] 24 (11%) [7.5, 16%] 14 (9%) [5.2, 15%]
Setúbal 32 (8.7%) [6.1, 12%] 21 (9.9%) [6.3, 15%] 11 (7.1%) [3.7, 13%]
Other 47 (13%) [9.6, 17%] 20 (9.4%) [6.0, 14%] 27 (17%) [12, 24%]
School level 367 0.8
Third level (up to 9th degree) 58 (15.8%) [12, 20%] 32 (15%) [11, 21%] 26 (17%) [12, 24%]
Secondary (12th degree)/Technical Specialization 153 (41.7%) [37, 47%] 89 (42%) [35, 49%] 64 (42%) [34, 50%]
Higher education (bachelor, master, PhD) 156 (42.5%) [37, 48%] 93 (43%) [37, 50%] 63 (41%) [33, 49%]
Current occupation 359 0.2
Employed 273 (76%) [71, 80%] 164 (78%) [71, 83%] 109 (74%) [66, 80%]
Unemployed 56 (15.6%) [12, 20%] 27 (13%) [8.7, 18%] 29 (20%) [14, 27%]
Other 30 (8.4%) [5.8, 12%] 20 (9.5%) [6.0, 14%] 10 (6.8%) [3.5, 12%]
Current income 337 0.2
Insufficient (≤500€) 64 (19%) [15, 24%] 43 (22%) [16, 28%] 21 (15%) [10, 23%]
Minimum wage (501–1,000€) 173 (51%) [46, 57%] 105 (52%) [45, 60%] 68 (50%) [41, 58%]
Average (1001–2000€) 77 (23%) [19, 28%] 42 (21%) [16, 27%] 35 (26%) [19, 34%]
Above average (>2000€) 23 (6.8%) [4.5, 10%] 10 (5%) [2.6, 9.3%] 13 (9.5%) [5.4, 16%]

IQR, Interquartile Range; CI, Confidence Interval.