Table 3.

Proportion of "delayed presentation to care" and "late testing" among HIV-infected patients who present to care late in Northern France and Brussels: January 1997 to December 2007

	Total n/N (%)	Northern France n/N (%)	Brussels, Belgium n/N (%)	p-value
Presentation to care with advanced HIV disease*and HIV diagnosis >6 months before initiation of care	95/570 (16.7)	44/373 (11.8)	51/197 (25.9)	0.0003
Presentation to care with advanced HIV disease*and HIV diagnosis ≤6 months before initiation of care	475/570 (83.3)	329/373 (88.2)	146/197 (74.1)	0.18

* CD4 < 200 cells/μl or AIDS