Table 3.
PREV program participant characteristics by HIV testing site, Thailand, fiscal years.
| Characteristic | Mobile clinic N = 1923 Number (%) |
Hospital clinic N = 3706 Number (%) |
p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Testing site | |||
| Bangkok | 578 (30) | 1432 (39) | |
| Khon Kaen | 457 (24) | 402 (11) | |
| Phuket | 257 (13) | 756 (20) | |
| Udonthani | 631 (33) | 1116 (30) | <0.001 |
| Median age (years) (interquartile range) | 21 (18–28) | 25 (21–31) | <0.001 |
| Last sex withb | |||
| Man | 1756 (92) | 3516 (95) | |
| Transgender woman | 31 (2) | 7 (0.2) | |
| Woman | 124 (6) | 121 (3) | <0.001 |
| Self-identified as | |||
| Man who has sex with men | 1208 (63) | 2911 (79) | |
| Male sex worker | 398 (21) | 420 (11) | |
| Transgender woman | 317 (16) | 375 (10) | 0.001 |
| Used condom during most recent sexual exposure | |||
| Yes | 1282 (67) | 2286 (62) | |
| No | 641 (33) | 1420 (38) | <0.001 |
| How client learned about service | |||
| Walked in to hospital clinic | 103 (5) | 2124 (57) | |
| From peer educators | 1494 (78) | 805 (22) | |
| From friends or family | 36 (2) | 199 (5) | |
| Media | 4 (0.2) | 374 (10) | |
| Others | 286 (15) | 204 (6) | <0.001 |
| HIV testing for the first time | |||
| Yes | 1342 (70) | 2070 (56) | |
| No | 581 (30) | 1636 (44) | <0.001 |
| HIV result positive | 255 (13) | 938 (25) | <0.001 |
| Median baseline CD4 count (cells/mm3) | 356 (n = 82) | 278 (n = 674) | 0.003 |
a
Chi-square test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon test for continuous variable
b
data missing