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. 2013 Nov 21;8(11):e79691. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079691

Table 2. Characteristics of 5015 non-Israeli born people living with HIV/AIDS reported in Israel in 1983–2010, by tuberculosis status and Israeli nationality.

Non-Israeli born PLWHA who did not develop TB Non-Israeli born PLWHA who developed TB
Characteristic Migrant citizens N = 3942 (%) Migrants non-citizens N = 1073 (%) P Migrant citizens N = 306 (%) Migrants non-citizens N = 64 (%) P
Sex Female 1621 (41.5) 467 (46.6) 0.004 103 (35.0) 27 (42.2) 0.2
Male 2285 (58.5) 536 (53.4) 199 (65.0) 37 (57.8)
Originate in GEC No 1669 (42.3) 179 (16.7) 0.001 55 (18.0) 57 (89.1) 0.001
Yes 2273 (57.7) 894 (83.3) 251 (82.0) 7 (10.9)
Age diagnosed with HIV (Mean±Sd) 33.0±14.7 24.0±18.0 0.001 35.7±12.5 34.7±8.5 0.7
Years (Mean±Sd) from arrival in Israel to HIV diagnosis 7.1±3.4 2.9±1.8 0.04 3.5±1.6 2.1±1.2 0.001
Period of HIV/AIDS diagnosis 1981–1996 1060 (26.9) 221 (20.6) 0.001 131 (42.8) 4 (6.2) 0.001
1997–2010 2882 (73.1) 852 (79.4) 175 (57.2) 60 (93.8)
Risk group MSM 557 (14.6) 76 (9.3) 5 (1.7) 1 (1.6)
Heterosexuals not originating in GEC 406 (10.7) 95 (11.7) 0.001 7 (2.3) 0 (0) 0.07
Injecting drug users 735 (19.3) 43 (5.3) 47 (15.4) 4 (6.5)
Heterosexuals originating in GEC 2114 (55.5) 599 (73.7) 245 (80.1) 57 (91.9)

PLWHA- people living with HIV/AIDS.

MSM- Men who have sex with men.

GEC- Generalized HIV-epidemic countries.

Sd- Standard deviation.