Table 1. Sociodemographic and HIV-related characteristics of participants listed in percent.
| Total (N = 1194) |
< 50 years (n = 1009) |
≥50 years (n = 185) |
<50 years vs. ≥50 years pa |
Cramer's V | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | .442 | .02 | |||
| Male | 67.5 | 68.0 | 64.9 | ||
| Female | 32.5 | 32.0 | 35.1 | 0.226 | |
| Marital status | <.001 | .27 | |||
| Single | 44.5 | 49.9 | 15.1 | ||
| Married/co-habiting | 33.5 | 30.3 | 50.8 | ||
| Separated/divorced | 18.1 | 16.9 | 24.3 | ||
| Widowed | 4.0 | 2.9 | 9.7 | ||
| Employment status | .008 | .08 | |||
| Employed | 50.2 | 51.8 | 41.1 | ||
| Not currently working | 49.8 | 48.2 | 58.9 | ||
| Mode of transmission | <.001 | .25 | |||
| Sexual intercourse with man | 35.0 | 34.5 | 38.0 | ||
| Sexual intercourse with woman | 27.2 | 24.2 | 43.5 | ||
| IV Drug use | 32.4 | 36.9 | 8.2 | ||
| Blood products | 3.0 | 2.2 | 7.1 | ||
| Unknown | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
| HIV stage | .088 | .07 | |||
| Asymptomatic | 61.5 | 60.9 | 64.7 | ||
| Symptomatic | 12.7 | 12.0 | 16.3 | ||
| AIDS | 20.4 | 21.4 | 14.7 | ||
| Unknown | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.3 | ||
| CD4+ T cell count | .667 | .03 | |||
| <200 cells/mm3 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 20.9 | ||
| 201 and 499 cells/mm3 | 41.9 | 41.5 | 44.2 | ||
| >500 cells/mm3 | 34.6 | 34.5 | 35.0 | ||
| cART | .112 | .05 | |||
| Yes | 75.5 | 76.4 | 70.6 | ||
| No | 24.5 | 23.6 | 29.4 | ||
| Other co-infections | <.001 | .15 | |||
| Yes | 28.1 | 31.0 | 11.9 | ||
| No | 71.9 | 69.0 | 88.1 | ||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | Pb | Cohen's d | |
| Age (years) | 40.74 (9.69) | 37.60 (6.26) | 57.84 (6.79) | – | – |
| Education (years) | 7.89 (4.11) | 8.08 (3.99) | 6.80 (4.58) | <.001 | 0.30 |
| Time since HIV diagnosis (years) | 8.06 (5.18) | 8.37 (5.11) | 6.34 (5.20) | <.001 | 0.39 |
a χ 2 analysis.
bStudent's t-test.