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. 2011 Dec 14;6(12):e29026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029026

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of 5376 adults by retroviral status, Caió, 1989-2009.

HTLV-1 negative HTLV-1 positive
HIV nega HIV-1 pos HIV-2 pos HIV-1/2 posb HIV neg HIV-2 pos HIV-1 or HIV-1/2 posc Total
Total number 4,797 55 235 14 200 61 14 5376
Number female (%) 2,801 (58) 30 (55) 151 (64) 12 (86)* 131 (66)* 54 (89)* 12 (86)* 3191 (59)
Median age (IQR) 25 (20–43) 31 (25–42) 44 (34–58)* 47 (35–60)* 42 (23–64)* 59 (45–67)* 48 (42–54)* 27 (20–47)
Age group (%)
15–29 2,878 (60) 26 (47)* 40 (17)* 1 (7)* 74 (37)* 3 (5)* 3,022 (56)
30–44 785 (16) 20 (36)* 80 (34)* 6 (43)* 37 (19)* 12 (20)* 5 (36)* 945 (18)
45–59 502 (10) 5 (9)* 64 (27)* 3 (21)* 29 (15)* 17 (28)* 8 (57)* 628 (12)
60-max 632 (13) 4 (7)* 51 (22)* 4 (29)* 60 (30)* 29 (48)* 1 (7)* 781 (15)
Ethnic group Manjako (%) 4,561 (95) 49 (89) 218 (93) 12 (86) 189 (95) 60 (98) 14 (100) 5103 (95)
Central zone of living (%) 3,156 (66) 43 (78)* 184 (79)* 10 (71) 144 (73) 50 (82)* 10 (71) 3597 (67)
Marital status (%)
Single 2,223 (46) 18 (33)* 36 (15)* 1 (7)* 62 (31)* 4 (7)* 2 (14)* 2346 (44)
Married 2,314 (48) 29 (53)* 186 (71)* 5 (36)* 102 (51)* 30 (49)* 9 (64)* 2657 (49)
Widowed 201 (4) 6 (11)* 21 (9)* 6 (43)* 28 (14)* 21 (34)* 2 (14)* 285 (5)
Divorced 54 (1) 2 (4)* 10 (4)* 1 (7)* 8 (4)* 6 (10)* 1 (7)* 82 (2)
Number with only baseline sample (%) d 2601 (54) 34 (62) 87 (37)* 9 (64)* 111 (56) 26 (43) 9 (64) 2877 (54)

Neg, negative; pos, positive; IQR, interquartile range; ranksum test for age, chi square for proportions of infected versus HIV and HTLV-1 uninfected individuals (

* = significant at 5% level).

a

5 subjects had missing data for marital status.

b

1 subject had missing data for marital status.

c

5 subjects were HTLV-1/HIV-1 infected and 9 were HTLV-1/HIV-1/2 infected.

d

please see Van Tienen et al. JAIDS 2010 for the differences between subjects with and without a follow-up sample.