Table III:
Characteristic of hospitalized patient infected with HIV: overall and by gender
| Characteristics | Among all with known HIV status (n=955) | Among all with known gender and HIV-status (n=955) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infected with HIV | p-value | Females infected with HIV (n=356) | p-value | Males infected with HIV (n=599) | p-value | |
| Total | 31% (299/955) | - | 53% (187/356) | - | 19% (112/599) | <0.001 |
| Admission year | 0.479 | 0.902 | 0.449 | |||
| 2011 | 33% (117/358) | 53% (72/136) | 20% (45/222) | |||
| 2012 | 30% (182/597) | 52% (115/220) | 18% (67/377) | |||
| Median age at admission in years* | 35 (29–40) (n=299) |
<0.001 | 35 (29–40) (n=187) |
<0.001 | 35 (30–39) (n=112) |
<0.001 |
| Relationship status | 0.095 | 0.651 | 0.021 | |||
| Single | 30% (269/886) | 53% (167/315) | 18% (102/571) | |||
| Married | 45% (19/42) | 45% (13/29) | 46% (6/13) | |||
| Divorced | 30% (3/10) | 50% (3/6) | 0% (0/4) | |||
| Cohabiting | 100% (1/1) | 100% (1/1) | -% (0/0) | |||
| Occupation | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Unemployed | 31% (136/437) | 60% (93/156) | 15% (43/281) | |||
| Skilled | 100% (2/2) | -% (0/0) | 100% (2/2) | |||
| Student | 9% (5/55) | 15% (3/20) | 6% (2/35) | |||
| Professional | 33% (5/15) | 22% (2/9) | 50% (3/6) | |||
| Self-employed | 32% (7/22) | 40% (4/10) | 25% (3/12) | |||
| Blue Collar | 44% (58/132) | 61% (27/44) | 35% (31/88) | |||
| White Collar | 28% (15/53) | 41% (12/29) | 13% (3/24) | |||
| Education level | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.428 | |||
| None/Reception | 18% (3/17) | 25% (1/4) | 15% (2/13) | |||
| Primary incomplete | 38% (25/66) | 86% (18/21) | 16% (7/45) | |||
| Primary complete | 44% (36/81) | 62% (24/39) | 29% (12/42) | |||
| Secondary incomplete | 31% (94/301) | 55% (61/110) | 17% (33/191) | |||
| Secondary complete | 33% (59/180) | 53% (39/74) | 19% (20/106) | |||
| Tertiary incomplete | 0% (0/6) | 0% (0/1) | 0% (0/5) | |||
| Tertiary complete | 20% (28/141) | 29% (17/58) | 13% (11/83) | |||
| Area of residence | 0.553 | 0.857 | 0.668 | |||
| Village | 32% (88/274) | 54% (56/103) | 19% (32/171) | |||
| City | 29% (66/229) | 51% (42/83) | 16% (24/146) | |||
| Town | 33% (135/410) | 54% (84/156) | 20% (51/254) | |||
*
median age among all HIV infected in the group; p-values represent Wilcoxon rank-sum test of median age of HIV positive patients compared with those HIV negative.