Table 1.
Socio-demographic and Clinical Characteristics of HIV-infected Adolescent Females, LEGACY Study, United States, 2006 (n=231)
| Characteristic | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mode of HIV infection | ||
| Behavioral* | 124 | 53.7 |
| Perinatalα | 107 | 46.3 |
| Race | ||
| White | 47 | 20.3 |
| Black | 160 | 69.3 |
| Other | 22 | 9.5 |
| Unknown/missing | 2 | 0.9 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 167 | 72.3 |
| Hispanic | 64 | 27.7 |
| Age, years | ||
| <18 | 54 | 23.4 |
| 18 – 20 | 92 | 39.8 |
| ≥21 years | 85 | 36.8 |
| Educational level | ||
| Up to Jr. High/ Middle school | 41 | 17.8 |
| High school | 106 | 45.9 |
| Graduated high school or GED | 30 | 13.0 |
| College or vocational school | 28 | 12.1 |
| Unknown/missing | 26 | 11.2 |
| STIsβ | ||
| No STI | 147 | 63.6 |
| Any STI | 84 | 36.4 |
| Pregnancy† | ||
| Never Pregnant | 112 | 48.5 |
| Ever pregnant | 119 | 51.5 |
| CD4 nadir | ||
| ≥200 cells/µl | 186 | 80.5 |
| <200 cells/µl | 45 | 19.5 |
| Type of clinic | ||
| Pediatric | 51 | 22.1 |
| Adolescent medicine specialist on site | 180 | 77.9 |
| At least 1 Pap test done† | 113 | 48.9 |
GED = General Educational Development
*
Behavioral = IV drug use + Consensual sexual activity
α
Perinatal = Perinatal transmission + transmission from breastfeeding
β
Syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, trichomonas or Chlamydia diagnosis between 2001 and 2006
†
Between 2001 and 2006