Table II.
Patient Characteristics at Enrollment According to Cohort, Age at HIV diagnosis, and MSM Population
| Entire Population | MSMa Population | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCASAnetb | VCCCc | CCASAnet MSM | VCCC MSM | |||||
| < 25 years | ≥ 25 years | < 25 years | ≥ 25 years | < 25 years | ≥ 25 years | < 25 years | ≥ 25 years | |
| Characteristic | (n=2902) | (n=16564) | (n=727) | (n=3019) | (n=873) | (n=3624) | (n=324) | (n=1213) |
| Sex, n(%) | ||||||||
| Female | 1315 (45.3%) | 6178 (37.3%) | 205 (28.2%) | 711 (23.6%) | ||||
| Male | 1587 (54.7%) | 10386 (62.7%) | 522 (71.8%) | 2308 (76.4%) | ||||
| Age at Enrollment, median | 24 (22, 26) | 38 (32, 45) | 25 (23, 31) | 40 (34, 46) | 24 (22, 26) | 36 (31, 42) | 25 (23, 31) | 39 (34, 44) |
| Age at Diagnosis, median | 22 (20, 24) | 36 (31, 43) | 22 (20, 24) | 36 (31, 42) | 22 (21, 24) | 34 (29, 40) | 22 (21, 24) | 35 (30, 40) |
| Years Between Diagnosis and Enrollment, median | 0.9 (0.1, 4.4) | 0.3 (0.1, 1.8) | 2.5 (0.2, 9.6) | 0.8 (0.2, 5.8) | 0.5 (0.1, 3.1) | 0.3 (0.1, 1.7) | 1.2 (0.2, 9.0) | 0.9 (0.2, 6.0) |
| Probable Route of Infection, n(%) | ||||||||
| Heterosexual | 928 (32.0%) | 4660 (28.1%) | 188 (25.9%) | 826 (27.4%) | ||||
| MSM | 873 (30.1%) | 3624 (21.9%) | 324 (44.6%) | 1213 (40.2%) | ||||
| Other | 86 (3.0%) | 278 (1.7%) | 64 (8.8%) | 350 (11.6%) | ||||
| Unknown | 1015 (35.0%) | 8002 (48.3%) | 151 (20.8%) | 630 (20.9%) | ||||
| Clinical Stage at Enrollment, n(%) | ||||||||
| AIDS | 818 (28.2%) | 5836 (35.2%) | 57 (7.8%) | 431 (14.3%) | 290 (33.2%) | 1726 (47.6%) | 19 (5.9%) | 166 (13.7%) |
| Not AIDS | 2007 (69.2%) | 10307 (62.2%) | 670 (92.2%) | 2588 (85.7%) | 567 (64.9%) | 1829 (50.5%) | 305 (94.1%) | 1047 (86.3%) |
| Unknown | 77 (2.7%) | 421 (2.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (1.8%) | 69 (1.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| CD4 at Enrollment | 255 (124, 422) | 186 (73, 324) | 389 (239, 539) | 306 (132, 513) | 302 (148, 475) | 235 (87, 420) | 384 (242, 528) | 329 (1524 529) |
| Missing CD4 at Enrollment, n(%) | 305 (10.5%) | 1764 (10.6%) | 16 (2.2%) | 58 (1.9%) | 89 (10.2%) | 439 (12.1%) | 4 (1.2%) | 19 (1.6%) |
Abbreviations:
a
MSM, men who have sex with men
b
CCASAnet, Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology
c
VCCC, Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic, Nashville, TN, USA