Table 3.

Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals of the association between late presentation among patients receiving HIV/AIDS care at the State Reference Center in Salvador, Brazil between 2007 and 2009

Variable	Late Presentation		p-value
	* APR	**95%CI
Sex (men as reference)	1.00
Non-pregnant women	1.04	0.92–1.19	0.510
Pregnant women	0.47	0.33–0.68	0.001
Age (15–24 as reference)	1.00
25–34	1.46	1.13–1.87	0.003
35–44	1.59	1.24–2.04	0.001
45 or older	1.77	1.37–2.29	0.001
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	1.00
Homosexual or bisexual	1.07	0.93–1.23	0.340
Drug use
Never	1.00
Frequently and/or sometimes	0.93	0.75–1.15	0.500
Alcohol use
Never	1.00
Frequently and/or sometimes	0.88	0.79–0.99	0.040

^*APR: adjusted prevalence ratios from GLM (generalized linear models) regression;

^**Pregnant women not included in this category as there was no pregnant woman older than 44 years of age;