Table 3.

Sociodemographic variables for HIV cases and controls

	Cases		Controls
	n	%	n	%
Townsend deprivation index
(least deprived) quintile 1	135	14.4	544	21.1
quintile 2	145	15.4	426	16.5
quintile 3	182	19.4	533	20.7
quintile 4	231	24.6	539	20.9
(most deprived) quintile 5	246	26.2	534	20.7
Proportion of ward population that was Asian or Asian British at last census
(lowest proportion) quintile 1	64	6.8	161	6.3
quintile 2	86	9.2	218	8.5
quintile 3	113	12.0	332	12.9
quintile 4	210	22.4	583	22.6
(highest proportion) quintile 5	466	49.6	1282	49.8
Proportion of ward population that was Black or Black British at last census
(lowest proportion) quintile 1	37	3.9	108	4.2
quintile 2	111	11.8	317	12.3
quintile 3	90	9.6	292	11.3
quintile 4	208	22.2	527	20.5
(highest proportion) quintile 5	493	52.5	1332	51.7

Comparison of distribution of cases and controls: Townsend deprivation index P < 0.001, proportion of ward population that was Asian or Asian British P = 0.95, proportion of ward population that was Black or Black British P = 0.78.