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. 2019 Oct 29;189(6):564–572. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz252

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of 9,229 Patients Enrolled in Care in 6 Clinical Care Centersa Participating in the Caribbean, Central and South America Network for HIV Epidemiology, 2000–2014

Characteristic Argentina
(n = 1,636)
Brazil
(n = 2,008)
Chile
(n = 1,415)
Honduras
(n = 777)
Mexico
(n = 786)
Peru
(n = 2,607)
All Sites
(n = 9,229)
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
 Age, yearsb 36 (30–44) 34 (28–42) 34 (28–41) 36 (30–43) 33(28–41) 33 (27–41) 34 (28–42)
 Male sex 1,175 72 1,435 71 1,281 91 433 56 702 89 1,926 74 6,952 75
 CD4 at enrollment, cells/uLb 214 (81–366) 292 (104–507) 267 (96–453) 123 (58–205) 142 (43–309) 156 (54–324) 198 (68–81)
 AIDSc 353 22 562 28 355 25 291 37 432 55 948 36 2,941 32
 AIDS or CD4 of <200 816 50 888 44 625 44 621 80 560 71 1,652 63 5,162 56
 AIDS or CD4 of <350 1,197 73 1,215 61 896 63 738 95 664 84 2,087 80 6,797 74
 Transmission route
  Heterosexual 647 40 920 46 322 23 456 59 225 29 1,590 61 4,160 45
  Homosexual 486 30 772 38 1,083 77 64 8 523 67 987 38 3,915 42
  Other 115 7 33 2 5 <1 2 <1 17 2 23 1 195 2
  Unknown 388 24 283 14 5 <1 255 33 21 3 7 <1 959 10
 Lost to follow-up 625 38 174 9 187 13 152 19 106 13 473 18 1,717 19

Abbreviations: AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IQR, interquartile range.

a Characteristics for patients included in the analysis according to site of enrollment in the Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology cohort.

b Values are expressed as median (IQR).

c AIDS was defined using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (category C) or World Health Organization (stage 4) criteria.