Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV transmission risk among PLWH residing in Eastern China in 2022.
| Variable | N (Column %) | HIV transmission risk | χ2 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum risk N (%) | Low N (%) | Medium N (%) | High N (%) | ||||
| Overall | 35,513 (100) | 31,458 (100) | 1,197 (100) | 2,454 (100) | 404 (100) | ||
| Sex | 5.165 | 0.160 | |||||
| Male | 29,422 (82.8) | 26,017 (82.7) | 1,008 (84.2) | 2051 (83.6) | 346 (85.6) | ||
| Female | 6,091 (17.2) | 5,441 (17.3) | 189 (15.8) | 403 (16.4) | 58 (14.4) | ||
| Age (years) IQR 40 (31–51) | 119.942 | <0.001 | |||||
| 16–24 | 1,268 (3.6) | 1,035 (3.3) | 52 (4.3) | 150 (6.1) | 33 (8.2) | ||
| 25–34 | 9,055 (25.5) | 7,966 (25.3) | 279 (23.3) | 686 (28.0) | 124 (30.7) | ||
| 35–44 | 8,515 (24.0) | 7,632 (24.3) | 259 (21.6) | 535 (21.8) | 89 (22.0) | ||
| 45–54 | 7,541 (21.2) | 6,756 (21.5) | 250 (20.9) | 463 (18.9) | 72 (17.8) | ||
| 55 | 9,134 (25.7) | 8,069 (25.7) | 359 (30.0) | 620 (25.3) | 86 (21.3) | ||
| Marital status | 99.515 | <0.001 | |||||
| Single | 14,241 (40.1) | 12,475 (39.7) | 471 (39.3) | 1,087 (44.3) | 208 (51.5) | ||
| Married | 14,603 (41.1) | 13,179 (41.9) | 487 (40.7) | 817 (33.3) | 120 (29.7) | ||
| Divorced/separated | 6,669 (18.8) | 5,804 (18.4) | 239 (20.0) | 550 (22.4) | 76 (18.8) | ||
| Ethnicity | 19.156 | <0.001 | |||||
| Minority | 1,195 (3.4) | 1,020 (3.2) | 40 (3.3) | 120 (4.9) | 15 (3.7) | ||
| Han | 34,318 (96.6) | 30,438 (96.8) | 1,157 (96.7) | 2,334 (95.1) | 389 (96.3) | ||
| Education | 87.277 | <0.001 | |||||
| Primary school/illiterate | 8,202 (23.1) | 7,074 (22.5) | 331 (27.7) | 690 (28.1) | 107 (26.5) | ||
| Junior high school | 12,129 (34.2) | 10,761 (34.2) | 410 (34.3) | 841 (34.3) | 117 (29.0) | ||
| High school and junior college | 6,821 (19.2) | 6,067 (19.3) | 194 (16.2) | 472 (19.2) | 88 (21.8) | ||
| College | 8,361 (23.5) | 7,556 (24.0) | 262 (21.9) | 451 (18.4) | 92 (22.8) | ||
| Route of HIV infection | 100.240 | <0.001 | |||||
| Homosexual | 15,531 (43.7) | 14,027 (44.6) | 480 (40.1) | 880 (35.9) | 144 (35.6) | ||
| Heterosexual | 19,530 (55.0) | 17,050 (54.2) | 701 (58.6) | 1,532 (62.4) | 247 (61.1) | ||
| Other | 452 (1.3) | 381 (1.2) | 16 (1.3) | 42 (1.7) | 13 (3.2) | ||
| Registered residence | 130.907 | <0.001 | |||||
| Local | 29,357 (82.7) | 26,120 (83.0) | 1,022 (85.4) | 1901 (77.5) | 314 (77.7) | ||
| Other city of Zhejiang | 2,732 (7.7) | 2,444 (7.8) | 89 (7.4) | 175 (7.1) | 24 (5.9) | ||
| Other Province | 3,424 (9.6) | 2,894 (9.2) | 86 (7.2) | 378 (15.4) | 66 (16.3) | ||
| History of STIs before HIV diagnosis | 12.973 | 0.043 | |||||
| No | 25,158 (70.8) | 22,247 (70.7) | 876 (73.2) | 1735 (70.7) | 300 (74.3) | ||
| Yes | 6,569 (18.5) | 5,870 (18.7) | 199 (16.6) | 447 (18.2) | 53 (13.1) | ||
| Unknown | 3,786 (10.7) | 3,341 (10.6) | 122 (10.2) | 272 (11.1) | 51 (12.6) | ||
| Current CD4 + T count (cells/μL) IQR 473 (329–640) | 1504.216 | <0.001 | |||||
| ≤ 200 | 2,920 (8.2) | 2073 (6.6) | 165 (13.8) | 640 (26.1) | 42 (10.4) | ||
| 201–499 | 16,458 (46.3) | 14,396 (45.8) | 586 (49.0) | 1,180 (48.1) | 296 (73.3) | ||
| 500 | 16,135 (45.4) | 14,989 (47.6) | 446 (37.3) | 634 (25.8) | 66 (16.3) | ||
| Follow-up years after HIV diagnosis IQR 5.8 (3.4–8.6) | 387.884 | <0.001 | |||||
| < 2 | 3,812 (10.7) | 3,082 (9.8) | 254 (21.2) | 419 (17.1) | 57 (14.1) | ||
| 2 | 7,150 (20.1) | 6,194 (19.7) | 273 (22.8) | 553 (22.5) | 130 (32.2) | ||
| 4 | 7,382 (20.8) | 6,596 (21.0) | 222 (18.5) | 491 (20.0) | 73 (18.1) | ||
| 6 | 6,441 (18.1) | 5,805 (18.5) | 171 (14.3) | 412 (16.8) | 53 (13.1) | ||
| 8 | 4,789 (13.5) | 4,365 (13.9) | 110 (9.2) | 274 (11.2) | 40 (9.9) | ||
| 10 | 5,939 (16.7) | 5,416 (17.2) | 167 (14) | 305 (12.4) | 51 (12.6) | ||
| Current syphilis infection | 173.000 | <0.001 | |||||
| Negative | 31,855 (89.7) | 29,025 (92.3) | 1,098 (91.7) | 1,620 (66.0) | 112 (27.7) | ||
| Positive | 1879 (5.3) | 1716 (5.5) | 52 (4.3) | 107 (4.4) | 4 (1.0) | ||
| Untesting | 1779 (5.0) | 717 (2.3) | 47 (3.9) | 727 (29.6) | 288 (71.3) | ||
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IQR, interquartile range; STI, sexually transmitted infection.