Table 1.
Characteristics of 5142 Persons with HIV Who Were Retained in Care Over the Initial 24 Months of Follow-Up from Identification in the 2006 MarketScan® Commercial Claims and Encounters Dataseta
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Total | 5142 (100) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 4042 (79) |
| Female | 1100 (21) |
| Regionb | |
| Northeast | 561 (11) |
| North Central | 673 (13) |
| South | 2642 (51) |
| West | 1246 (24) |
| Age group (years) | |
| 18–29 | 183 (4) |
| 30–39 | 958 (19) |
| 40–49 | 2109 (41) |
| 50–59 | 1605 (31) |
| ≥60 | 287 (6) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Hepatitis B virus infection | 74 (1) |
| Hepatitis C virus infection | 189 (4) |
| Mental illnessc | 583 (11) |
| Alcohol/substance abuse | 70 (1) |
| Charlson comorbiditiesd | |
| 0 | 3879 (75) |
| 1–2 | 1202 (23) |
| 3–4 | 61 (1) |
All variables are calculated from the time of study inclusion in the calendar year 2006.
Northeast region includes states of CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT, NJ, NY, and PA; North Central region: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, and SD; South region: Washington D.C., DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV, AL, KY, MS, TN, AR, LA, OK, and TX; and West region: AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY, AK, CA, HI, OR, WA, and PR.
Mental illness includes major depressive disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and other unspecified mental illnesses.
Includes 16 comorbidities and excludes HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, mental illness, and alcohol or drug abuse. There are a total of 17 Charlson comorbidities, including HIV and mild liver disease (which includes viral hepatitis). Since the entire sample was HIV infected and because we wanted to evaluate hepatitis B and hepatitis C coinfection separately, we removed HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C from the list of Charlson comorbidities evaluated.