Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with AIDS.

Category	Characteristic		n	Number (%) or median [IQR] (N = 127)
Demographic	Male sex		127	78 (61)
	Age (years)		127	36 [30]–[44]
	Race	Black	127	68 (53)
		Mixed		52 (41)
		White		7 (6)
Socioeconomic	Formal education (years)		127	7 [5]–[11]
	Formally employed		127	20 (16)
	Participant of cash payments program*		127	35 (28)
	Per capita household income (USD/day)	< $2.00	127	28 (22)
		$2.00–$4.99		41 (34)
		$5.00–$9.99		34 (28)
		≥ $10.00		24 (20)
Clinical	Time from HIV disease to current hospitalization†	At hospitalization‡	125	40 (32)
		≤2 years prior		36 (29)
		3–10 years prior		36 (29)
		≥11 years prior		13 (10)
	Prior HIV-related hospitalizations		85§	59 (69%)
	HAART¶		85§	58 (68)
	CD4 count (cells/mm3)		100	104 [43–215]
	HIV load (log10 copies/mL)		94	4.92 [4.00–5.33]
Outcome	Days of hospitalization		118	17 [10]–[35]
	ICU admission		118	14 (12)
	Death during hospitalization		118	19 (16)

^*Self-reported participant of a direct cash payments program (bolsa família) from the Brazilian government as part of a national effort to reduce severe poverty and food insecurity.

^†Represents the length of time the patient was aware of diagnosis of HIV disease prior to current hospitalization.

^‡Diagnosis made at current hospitalization.

^§Denominator includes only those 85 patients with knowledge of their HIV disease prior to current hospitalization.

^¶Includes self-reported current or former HAART use.

IQR = interquartile range.

USD = United States dollar.

HAART = highly active antiretroviral therapy.

ICU = intensive care unit.