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. 2018 Jun 12;8(6):e019806. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019806

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of adult patients newly presenting to HIV care in Lausanne, Switzerland between 2010 and 2015 who had not presented any missed opportunity and who had presented at least one missed opportunity

Demographic characteristic All patients
(n=201)
Patients with no MO
(n=107)
Patients with ≥1 MO
(n=94)
Univariate analysis
(OR±95% CI)
Multivariate analysis
(adjusted OR±95% CI; p values)
Age (years), n (%)
 18–29 56 23 (41%) 33 (59%) Reference value
 30–49 112 59 (53%) 53 (47%) 0.6 (0.3 to 1.2) 0.5 (0.3 to 1.1; 0.08)
 >50 33 25 (76%) 8 (24%) 0.2 (0.1 to 0.6) 0.2 (0.1 to 0.6; <0.01)
Sex, n (%)†
 Male 126 66 (52%) 60 (48%) Reference value
 Female 75 41 (55%) 34 (45%) 1.09 (0.6 to 1.9) 0.7 (0.3 to 1.5; 0.36)
Geographical origin, n (%)
 Europe, North America, Australasia 106 58 (55%) 48 (45%) Reference value
 Sub-Saharan Africa 66 32 (49%) 34 (51%) 1.2 (0.7 to 2.4) 3.5 (1.3 to 7.7; 0.01)
 Other‡ 29 17 (59%) 12 (41%) 0.9 (0.4 to 2.0) 1.0 (0.4 to 2.5; 0.96)
Chronic Illness, n (%)
 No 161) 92 (57%) 69 (43%) Reference value
 Yes 40 15 (37%) 25 (63%) 2.2 (1.1 to 4.5) 4.4 (1.7 to 10.9, <0.01)
Mode of transmission, n (%)
 Heterosexual 114 67 (59%) 47 (41%) Reference value
 MSM 68 29 (43%) 39 (57%) 1.91 (1.0 to 3.5)* 4 (1.5 to 10.7; 0.01)
 PWID 9 3 (33%) 6 (67%) 2.8 (0.7 to 12) 2.9 (0.6 to 15.3; 0.20)
 Unknown 10 8 (80%) 2 (20%) 0.3 (0.7 to 1.8) 0.3 (0.1 to 1.8; 0.2)
Time since previous HIV test, n (%)
 No previous test 119 72 (61%) 47 (39%) Reference value
 ≤1 year 28 12 (43%) 16 (57%) 2.0 (0.9 to 4.7) 1.6 (0.6 to 4.3; 0.38)
 >1 year ago 54 23 (43%) 31 (57%) 2.0 (1.0 to 4.0)* 1.4 (0.7 to 3.0; 0.31)

*P<0.05.

†There were no transgender patients in the group studied.

‡Asia, South America, North Africa, Middle East.

MO, missed opportunity; MSM, men who have sex with men; PWID, people who inject drugs.