Table 1. Characteristics of HIV Infected Persons and their Main Heterosexual Partners, Shiraz (Southern of Iran), 2011 .
Characteristics | HIV infected persons (Actors) | Partners | Dyads | P value a |
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Age, Mean ± SD, y | 38.71 ± 7 | 33.2 ± 6.28 | < 0.0001 | |
Sex, female/male | 2/166 | 166/2 | < 0.0001 | |
Age of first drug use, Mean ± SD, y | 17.8 ± 4.54 | 23.82 ± 6.69 | < 0.0001 | |
Age of first injection of drug, Mean ± SD, y | 25.02 ± 6.25 | 35.5 ± 9.18 | < 0.0001 | |
Current drug use, No. (%) | 161 (95.8) | 10 (6) | < 0.0001 | |
Injection drug use, No. (%) | 128 (76.2) | 6 (3.6) | < 0.0001 | |
Syringe sharing, No. (%) | 108 (64.3) | 3 (1.8) | < 0.0001 | |
Razor sharing, No. (%) | 109 (64.9) | 24 (14.3) | < 0.0001 | |
Tattooing, No. (%) | 126 (75) | 18 (10.7) | < 0.0001 | |
Homosexual activity, No. (%) | 16 (9.52) | 0 (0) | < 0.0001 | |
Number of sexual contact with main heterosexual partner in last month, Mean ± SD | 3.7 ±3 | |||
Duration of sexual relationshipyears, Mean ± SD | 11.91 ± 8.02 | |||
Age difference between men and women, y, Mean ± SD | 6.35 ± 5.06 | |||
Legally married, No. (%) | 150 (98.2) | |||
High education, No. (%) | 24 (14.3) | 50 (29.8) | < 0.0001 | |
Employed fulltime, No. (%) | 118 (70.2) | 19 (11.3) | < 0.0001 | |
HCV status, No. (%) | ||||
Concordant negative | 21 (12.5) | |||
Concordant positive | 16 (9.52) | |||
Actor positive/partner negative | 131 (77.98) | |||
Actor negative/female positive | 0 (0) | |||
HIV status, No. (%) | ||||
Concordant negative | 0 (0) | |||
Concordant positive | 77 (46.95) | |||
Actor positive/ partner negative | 91 (53.05) | |||
Actor negative/ partner positive | 0 (0) |
aHolm-Sidak adjusted P value