Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Rapid Plasma Reagin–Positive Men and Women From Lusaka, Zambia, and Kigali, Rwanda
| Lusaka, Zambia (n = 940) |
Kigali, Rwanda (n = 381) |
Total (n = 1321) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Women | 615 (65.4) | 177 (46.5) | 792 (60) |
| Men | 325 (34.6) | 204 (53.5) | 529 (40) |
| Mean agea ± SD (range) | |||
| Overall | 32 ± 7.4 (16–64) | 33 ± 8.6 (18–63) | 32 ± 7.8 (16–64) |
| Women | 29 ± 6.1 (16–53) | 29 ± 6.2 (18–45) | 29 ± 6.1 (16–53) |
| Men | 36 ± 7.7 (23–64) | 37 ± 8.8 (21–63) | 36 ± 8.1 (21–64) |
| History of acute genital ulcer in the past year | 109 (11.6) | 60 (15.7) | 169 (12.8) |
| Genital ulcer on exam | 58 (6.2) | 39 (10.2) | 97 (7.3) |
| HIV status (at RPR) | |||
| Positive | 714 (76) | 219 (57.5) | 933 (70.6) |
| Negative | 226 (24) | 162 (42.5) | 388 (29.4) |
| Mean CD4, cells/mm3, ± SD (range) | n = 27 471 ± 270 (86–1056) |
n = 12 516 ± 327 (140–1218) |
|
| Median | 367 | 446 | |
Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise specified.
Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; RPR, rapid plasma reagin; SD, standard deviation.
a Ages were missing from the dataset for 44 subjects (11 in Zambia and 33 in Rwanda).