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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: HIV Med. 2015 Apr;16(0 0):64–76. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12235

Table 2. Number and percent reporting CLS-D according to baseline characteristics and gender/sexuality.

TOTAL n=4601 MSM n=2559 Heterosexual men n=803 Women n=1239

n (%) n n (%) CLS-D p-value n n (%) CLS-D p-value n n (%) CLS-D p-value

Age group (years)
<30 1296 (28.2) 881 208 (23.6) <0.001 131 15 (11.5) 0.16 284 56 (19.7) <0.001
30-39 1562 (33.9) 860 174 (20.2) trend 271 27 (10.0) trend 431 74 (17.2) trend
40-49 1196 (26.0) 609 102 (16.7) 256 25 (9.8) 331 34 (10.3)
≥50 547 (11.9) 209 29 (13.9) 145 9 (6.2) 193 14 (7.3)

Race:
White 2052 (44.6) 1596 284 (17.8) <0.001 267 18 (6.7) 0.052 189 22 (11.6) 0.005
Black 1401 (30.4) 249 58 (23.3) 366 44 (12.0) 786 127 (16.2)
Hispanic 602 (13.1) 450 114 (25.3) 60 6 (10.0) 92 14 (15.2)
Asian 386 (8.4) 171 30 (17.5) 78 3 (3.9) 137 7 (5.1)
Other 160 (3.5) 93 27 (29.0) 32 5 (15.6) 35 8 (22.9)

Region:
Europe/Israel 1518 (33.0) 1173 177 (15.1) <0.001 207 6 (2.9) <0.001 138 14 (10.1) 0.009
North America 496 (10.8) 307 64 (20.8) 83 6 (7.2) 106 17 (16.0)
South America/Mexico 1135 (24.7) 813 231 (28.4) 152 24 (15.8) 170 31 (18.2)
Asia 354 (7.7) 148 24 (16.2) 72 4 (5.6) 134 7 (5.2)
Africa 994 (21.6) 24 3 (12.5) 283 36 (12.7) 687 109 (15.9)
Australia 104 (2.3) 94 14 (14.9) 6 0 4 0

Year of randomisation
2009-2010 979 (21.3) 672 117 (17.4) 0.093 151 9 (6.0) 0.13 156 22 (14.0) 0.64
2011 873 (19.0) 590 135 (22.9) trend 128 11 (8.6) trend 155 17 (11.0) trend
2012 1531 (33.3) 765 136 (17.8) 279 31 (11.1) 487 76 (15.6)
2013 1218 (26.5) 532 125 (23.5) 245 25 (10.2) 441 63 (14.3)

Education:
Less than high school 1381 (30.0) 269 55 (20.4) 0.82 353 41 (11.6) 0.013 759 106 (14.0) 0.41
High school/A-level equivalent 994 (21.6) 546 100 (18.3) trend 195 18 (9.2) trend 253 35 (13.8) trend
Vocational training/some college 1187 (25.8) 882 197 (22.3) 143 14 (9.8) 162 26 (16.1)
University degree or higher 1039 (22.6) 862 161 (18.7) 112 3 (2.7) 65 11 (16.9)

Time since HIV diagnosis:
<3 months 810 (17.6) 499 180 (36.1) <0.001 124 21 (16.9) 0.004 187 38 (20.3) 0.001
3-6 months 710 (15.4) 476 90 (18.9) trend 100 12 (12.0) trend 134 19 (14.2) trend
6 months - 2 years 1508 (32.8) 886 135 (15.2) 261 17 (6.5) 361 56 (15.5)
2-5 years 923 (20.1) 468 77 (16.5) 174 18 (10.3) 281 42 (15.0)
≥5 years 650 (14.1) 230 31 (13.5) 144 8 (5.6) 276 23 (8.3)

Baseline CD4 cell count (cells/μL):
500-599 1450 (31.5) 862 167 (19.4) 0.045 241 21 (8.7) 0.40 347 43 (12.4) 0.51
600-699 1436 (31.2) 846 148 (17.5) trend 235 20 (8.5) trend 355 58 (16.3) trend
≥700 1715 (37.3) 851 198 (23.3) 327 35 (10.7) 537 77 (14.3)

Baseline VL (log10 copies/mL):
<3 591 (12.9) 190 33 (17.4) 0.76 121 9 (7.4) 0.40 280 37 (13.2) 0.88
3-3.9 1467 (31.9) 766 172 (22.5) trend 247 24 (9.7) trend 454 66 (14.5) trend
4-4.9 2058 (44.8) 1279 241 (18.8) 349 33 (9.5) 430 69 (16.1)
≥5 477 (10.4) 319 67 (21.0) 86 10 (11.6) 72 6 (8.3)

Current smoker:
No 3147 (68.4) 1571 324 (20.6) 0.36 510 50 (9.8) 0.66 1066 146 (13.7) 0.095
Yes 1454 (31.6) 988 189 (19.1) 293 26 (8.9) 173 32 (18.5)

Usual alcohol intake (number of drinks)*
0 1248 (27.1) 365 69 (18.9) 251 30 (12.0) 632 78 (12.3)
1 830 (18.0) 524 97 (18.5) 0.095 130 8 (6.2) 0.42 176 25 (14.2) <0.001
2-4 1704 (37.0) 1192 237 (19.9) trend$ 266 25 (9.4) trend$ 246 49 (19.9) trend$
≥5 554 (12.0) 384 91 (23.7) 106 10 (9.4) 64 19 (29.7)
Missing 265 (5.8) 94 19 (20.2) 50 3 (6.0) 121 7 (5.8)

Days per week used recreational drugs in past month$
None 3855 (83.8) 2064 386 (18.7) <0.001 701 63 (9.0) 0.103 1090 16 (14.9) 0.005
<1 day per week 335 (7.3) 298 78 (26.2) trend$ 24 3 (12.5) trend$ 13 5 (38.5) trend$
≥1 days per week 111 (2.4) 79 23 (29.1) 21 4 (19.1) 11 4 (36.4)
Missing 300 (6.5) 118 26 (22.0) 57 6 (10.5) 125 7 (5.6)

Transmission beliefs - believes someone with undetectable VL cannot or much less likely to pass on HIV# (N=3902)
Yes 1362 (34.9) 801 151 (18.9) 0.048 210 18 (8.6) 0.34 351 48 (13.7) 0.79
No 2540 (65.1) 1327 298 (22.5) 464 51 (11.0) 749 107 (14.3)
*

“When you drink alcohol, how many drinks do you normally have?”

$

Includes amphetamines, methamphetamines, MDMA, powder or crack cocaine, ketamine, and opiates.

$

Trend across categories, excluding missing category.

#

Question not asked of 566 participants who did not receive version 2 of transmission risk behaviour questionnaire, missing values for further 133 participants.

CLS-D= condomless sex with one or more serodifferent partners; VL=viral load; MSM=men who have sex with men.