Table 1. Characteristics of a cohort of patients living with HIV according to biological and socioeconomic factors, habits and personal history.
| Characteristics | Statistics |
| Patients | 1,870 |
| Biological | |
| Sex: Male | 1,186 (63.4%) |
| Age (mean ± sd) | 39.1±9.5 |
| Socioeconomic | |
| Schooling (years of study) | |
| Illiterate | 95 (5.1%) |
| From 1 to 9 years | 997 (53.5%) |
| From 10 to 12 years | 564 (30.3%) |
| 13 or more | 208 (11.1%) |
| Income (in minimum wage) | |
| Less than 1MW | 1,205 (64.4%) |
| From 1 to 2 MW | 378 (20.2%) |
| 2 MW or more | 254 (13.6%) |
| No information | 33 (1.8%) |
| Habits | |
| Smoking | 553 (29.6%) |
| Drinking | 666 (35.6%) |
| Illicit drug use | 517 (27.6%) |
| Merijuana | 498 (26.6%) |
| Cocaine | 170 (9.1%) |
| Crack | 122 (6.5%) |
| Glue | 109 (5.8%) |
| Personal history | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 75 (4.0%) |
| History of cancer | 46 (2.5%) |
| Corticoid use | 99 (5.3%) |
* 6 patients had no information on schooling.