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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: South Med J. 2016 Jan;109(1):1–4. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000389

Table.

Demographics, risk factors, and STIs in individuals with known and newly diagnosed HIV infection

Demographics and risk factors Total N=
89, %
Known
HIV, N
=68
76% New
HIV
N=21
24% χ2 P
Age, y (mean 37, SD 12)
  Younger than 37 43 48 25 37% 18 86% 15.3 <0.001
  Older than 37 46 52 43 63% 3 14%
Sex
  Male 82 92 65 96% 17 80% 4.74 0.05
  Female 7 8 3 4% 4 20%
Sexual modalities
  Same sex 68 76 55 80% 13 62% 3.2 0.07
  Opposite sex 21 24 13 20% 8 28%
No. partners in prior 2 mo (mean 2.3, SD 5.9)
  <2 15 17 56 82% 18 86% 0.22 0.42
  >2 74 83 12 28% 3 14%
No. partners in prior year (mean 6.2, SD 12.8)
  <6 18 20 13 19% 5 24% 0.21 0.42
  >6 71 80 55 81% 16 76%
Condom use in last sex act 42 47 49 55% 7 35% 2.5 0.09
STIs
  History, excluding HIV 67 75 55 81% 13 62% 3.57 0.06
  STI-related symptoms 16 18 11 16% 5 23% 0.22 0.42
  Current STI 50 56 42 63% 7 33% 5.83 0.01
  Current infection, chlamydia 10 11 7 10% 3 14% 0.25 0.43
  Current infection, gonorrhea 9 10 8 12% 1 5% 0.86 0.35
  Current infection, infectious syphilis 26 29 24 35% 2 9% 5.15 0.01
Currently in medical care 58 31 56 82% 3 14% 31.19 <0.001

Bold type indicates statistical significance. HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SD, standard deviation; STI, sexually tranmitted infection.