Table 1 Baseline characteristics of HIV‐1 seronegative cohort study participants.
| Characteristic | Number* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2729 (100%) | ||
| Gender/risk group | |||
| Male STI patient | 2266 (83.0%) | ||
| Hijra | 8 (0.3%) | ||
| Female STD patient | 151 (5.5%) | ||
| Female RTI patient | 116 (4.3%) | ||
| Female sex worker | 188 (6.9%) | ||
| Age group | |||
| <20 | 329 (12.1%) | ||
| 20–24 | 901 (33.0%) | ||
| 25–29 | 623 (22.8%) | ||
| 30+ | 876 (32.1%) | ||
| Marital status | |||
| Never married | 1357 (49.7%) | ||
| Married | 1215 (44.5%) | ||
| Separated† | 157 (5.8%) | ||
| Living away from spouse/family | |||
| No | 2057 (75.5%) | ||
| Yes | 668 (24.5%) | ||
| Level of education | |||
| None | 456 (16.7%) | ||
| Primary/middle school | 1078 (39.5%) | ||
| High School | 1193 (43.8%) | ||
| Lifetime sex partners | |||
| 1 | 639 (24.6%) | ||
| 2–9 | 1339 (51.6%) | ||
| 10+ | 618 (23.8%) | ||
| Condom use | |||
| No recent partners | 1059 (38.8%) | ||
| Never | 1104 (40.5%) | ||
| Sometimes | 325 (11.9%) | ||
| Always | 241 (8.8%) | ||
| History of genital ulcer‡ | |||
| No | 1533 (56.3%) | ||
| Yes | 1188 (43.7%) | ||
| Genital ulcer on examination | |||
| No | 1757 (65.2%) | ||
| Yes | 939 (34.8%) | ||
| Genital discharge on examination | |||
| No | 2132 (78.9%) | ||
| Yes | 570 (21.1%) | ||
*Data on “living away from spouse/family” were missing for four participants; two were missing level of education; 133 were missing “lifetime sex partners”; eight were missing “history of genital ulcer”; 33 were missing “genital ulcer on examination” at baseline visit; 27 were missing “genital discharge on examination” at baseline visit.
†Separated status included individuals who were separated from their spouse, divorced, or widowed.
‡Ever having reported a genital ulcer.