Table 1.

Baseline characteristics at PrEP consultation by initiation status in the l’Actuel PrEP Cohort (2013–2018)

	Initiated PrEP		Did not initiate PrEP		Total
	n (or median)	% (or IQR)	n (or median)	% (or IQR)	n (or median)	% (or IQR)
Gender identity
Cis-male	1528	98.5	588	97.2	2116	98.1
Cis-female	20	1.3	11	1.8	31	1.4
Trans-male	2	0.1	3	0.5	5	0.2
Trans-female	1	0.1	3	0.5	4	0.2
Age, median (IQR)	36	(29–45)	33	(27–41)	35	(29–44)
Number of partners within past 12 months, median (IQR)
Regular partners	2	(1–3)	2	(1–3)	2	(1–3)
Occasional partners	12	(5–20)	10	(4–20)	10	(5–20)
Missing data, regular partners, n (%)	311	20.4	114	18.1	425	19.7
Missing data, occasional partners, n (%)	296	19.4	121	19.2	417	19.4
Sexual orientation, n (%)
Homosexual	1459	94.1	534	88.3	1993	92.4
Heterosexual	21	1.4	17	2.8	38	1.8
Bisexual	61	3.9	44	7.3	105	4.9
Missing data	10	0.6	10	1.7	20	0.9
Education, n (%)
Primary	12	0.8	3	0.5	15	0.7
Secondary	166	10.7	85	14.0	251	11.6
College	260	16.8	119	19.7	379	17.6
University	813	52.4	283	46.8	1096	50.8
Missing data	300	19.3	115	19.0	415	19.2
Annual income ($CAD), n (%)
<10 000	107	6.9	46	7.6	153	7.1
10 001–20 000	120	7.7	69	11.4	189	8.8
20 001–35 000	154	9.9	75	12.4	229	10.6
35 001–55 000	311	20.1	132	21.8	443	20.5
55 001–75 000	245	15.8	93	15.4	338	15.7
>75 000	360	23.2	106	17.5	466	21.6
Missing data	254	16.4	84	13.9	338	15.7
Total, n (%)	1551	71.9	605	28.1	2156	100.0

PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis.