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. 2019 Dec 20;53:e20190193. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0193-2019

TABLE 2: Distribution of characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cases in adolescents in Rio de Janeiro City by period.

Total Diagnostic moment P-v
1978-1987 1988-1997 1998-2007 2008-2017
AIDS
Median (IQR)
Age 18 (3) 17 (3) 18 (2) 18 (3) 18 (3) 0.04
Interval - diagnosis/notification (months) 3 (32) 16 (96) 11 (49) 9 (57) 2 (7) 0.0001
n (%)
Ethnic
White 199 (37) 0 (0) 6 (3) 90 (45) 103 (52) 0.10
Non-White 335 (63) 3 (1) 11 (3) 119 (36) 202 (60)
Pregnant 65 (15) 0 (0) 0 (0) 11 (17) 54 (83) 0.0001
Educational level
< Elementary school 381 (57) 9 (2) 88 (23) 185 (49) 99 (26) 0.0001
Elementary school 204 (31) 7 (3) 40 (20) 68 (33) 89 (44)
Middle/high school 80 (12) 0 (0) 3 (4) 18 (23) 59 (73)
Transmission
Blood 56 (2) 14 (24) 24 (43) 7 (13) 11 (20) 0.0001
Type
Transfusion 3 (5) 0 (0) 1 (33) 2 (67) 0 (0) 0.38
Hemophilia 24 (43) 10 (42) 13 (54) 0 (0) 1 (4) 0.0001
Injectable drugs 29 (52) 4 (14) 10 (34) 5 (17) 10 (35) 0.001
Sexual 319 (36) 3 (1) 5 (1) 95 (30) 216 (68) 0.0001
Type
Women
Heterosexual 179 (95) 1 (1) 3 (2) 63 (34) 112 (63) 0.70
WSW 8 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (25) 6 (75)
Bisexual 2 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (100)
Men
Heterosexual 30 (23) 0 (0) 2 (6) 11 (37) 17 (57) 0.01
MSM 90 (69) 1 (1) 0 (0) 19 (21) 70 (78)
Bisexual 10 (8) 1 (10) 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (90)
Vertical 99 (11) 0 (0) 2 (2) 30 (30) 67 (68) 0.0001
HIV infection 2014 2015 2016 2017
Median (IQR)
Age 18 (2) 18 (2) 18 (2) 18 (2) 19 (2) 0.97
Interval - diagnosis/notification (days) 12 (88) 69 (266) 16 (113) 8 (82) 0 (14) 0.0001
n (%)
Ethnic
White 104 (26) 16 (15) 40 (39) 28 (27) 20 (19) 0.11
Non-White 295 (74) 58 (20) 78 (26) 80 (27) 79 (27)
Pregnant 86 (42) 19 (22) 30 (35) 19 (22) 18 (21) 0.59
Educational level
< Elementary school 148 (46) 29 (20) 39 (26) 42 (28) 38 (26) 0.38
Elementary school 124 (38) 24 (19) 39 (32) 30 (24) 31 (25)
Middle/high school 51 (16) 6 (12) 22 (43) 14 (28) 9 (17)
Transmission
Blood 9 (2) 4 (45) 2 (22) 2 (22) 1 (11) 0.28
Type
Transfusion 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1.00
Hemophilia 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1.00
Injectable drugs 9 (100) 4 (42) 2 (25) 2 (25) 1 (8) 0.28
Sexual 366 (82) 62 (17) 118 (32) 91 (25) 95 (26) 0.20
Type
Women
Heterosexual 164 (98) 36 (22) 54 (33) 35 (21) 39 (24) 0.35
WSW 1 (1) 0 (0) 1 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Bisexual 3 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (33) 2 (67)
Men
Heterosexual 49 (25) 6 (11) 15 (31) 16 (33) 12 (25) 0.84
MSM 127 (64) 15 (12) 42 (33) 34 (27) 36 (28)
Bisexual 22 (11) 5 (23) 6 (27) 5 (23) 6 (27)
Vertical 35 (9) 4 (11) 9 (26) 15 (43) 7 (20) 0.18

IQR: interquartile range; P-v: p-value; MSM: men who have sex with men; WSW: women who have sex with women.