Table I.

Factors associated with obtaining an early diagnosis among 767 patients diagnosed with HIV infection in Sweden, 2003–2010.

	Patients, n (%)	Univariate analysis	Multivariable analysis
Factor	Total	With early diagnosis	OR	p value	OR	p value
Transmission route
MSM	402	182 (45)	(ref)		(ref)
Heterosexual	191	41 (21)	0.330	< 0.001	0.356	< 0.001
Injecting drug use	121	33 (27)	0.453	0.001	0.459	0.001
Other	53	15 (28)	0.477	0.021	0.490	0.044
Country of infection
Sweden	576	218 (38)	(ref)		(ref)
Abroad or unknown	191	53 (28)	0.631	0.012	0.857	0.449
Gender
Men	652	240 (37)	(ref)		(ref)
Women	115	31 (27)	0.634	0.043	0.963	0.893
Age group
< 25 years	40	22 (55)	(ref)		(ref)
25–34 years	180	83 (46)	0.700	0.310	0.552	0.113
35–44 years	263	87 (33)	0.404	0.008	0.325	0.002
45–54 years	180	53 (29)	0.341	0.003	0.313	0.002
55–64 years	82	21 (26)	0.282	0.002	0.280	0.003
≥ 65 years	22	5 (23)	0.241	0.018	0.242	0.024
Country of birth
Sweden	593	211 (36)	(ref)
Abroad or unknown	174	60 (34)	0.953	0.790

MSM, men who have sex with men; OR, odds ratio.