Table 1.
Description of the study population (n = 305)
| Demographics | |
| Age, median years (IQR) | 44.7 (37.4–51.0) |
| Caucasian ethnicity, n (%) | 283 (92.8) |
| Clinical, HIV- and cART-related factors | |
| Main route for HIV acquisition, n (%) | |
| Homosexual/ Bisexual | 262 (85.9) |
| Heterosexual | 27 (8.9) |
| IVDU | 4 (1.3) |
| Other or unknown | 12 (3.9) |
| cART, n (%) | 289 (94.8) |
| Time on cART, median years (IQR) | 4.4 (1.9–9.3) |
| HIV RNA, n (%) | |
| Not detected | 221 (72.5) |
| Detectable <40 copies/ml | 47 (15.4) |
| > 40 copies/ml | 37 (12.1) |
| CD4+ cell count, n (%) | |
| ≥ 500/μl | 243 (79.7) |
| 201–499/μl | 54 (17.7) |
| ≤ 200/μl | 8 (2.6) |
| Patient-reported health behaviours | |
| Cigarette smoking, n (%) | |
| Never | 107 (35.1) |
| Former | 53 (17.4) |
| Current | 145 (47.5) |
| Use of recreational drug, n (%) | |
| Never | 224 (73.4) |
| Former | 34 (11.1) |
| Current | 47 (15.4) |
| Current alcohol consumption (>3 units/daily), n (%) | 11 (3.6) |
| Patient-reported sexual behaviours | |
| Number of lifetime sexual partners, median (IQR) | |
| Heterosexual males | 10 (5.5–35) |
| Bi-sexual males | 100 (30–300) |
| Homosexual males | 100 (20–400) |
| Receptive oral sex ever, n (%) | 275 (90.2) |
| Sexual activity in previous 12 months, n (%) | 284 (93.1) |
| Type of sexual partner in previous 12 months, n (%)a | |
| Heterosexual | 31 (10.9) |
| Bi-sexual | 44 (15.5) |
| Homosexual | 209 (73.6) |
| Number of partners in previous 12 months, median (IQR) | |
| Heterosexual | 1 (1–2) |
| Bi-sexual | 7 (3–19) |
| Homosexual | 4 (1–10) |
| Previous or current anal condylomatosis, n (%) | 112 (36.7) |
cART: combination antiretroviral therapy; IVDU: intravenous drug use
apercentages calculated on 284 sexually active men (93.1% of the total) in the last 12 months