Table 1.
Characteristics of People Living with HIV in Tajikistan, Stratified by Migrants and Non-Migrants
| Non-Migrants N = 9519 |
Migrants N = 503 |
P-Value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region: | < 0.001 | ||
| Badakhshan | 398 (4.18%) | 98 (19.5%) | |
| DRS | 1939 (20.4%) | 103 (20.5%) | |
| Dushanbe | 2430 (25.5%) | 40 (7.95%) | |
| Khatlon | 2667 (28.0%) | 129 (25.6%) | |
| Sughd | 2085 (21.9%) | 133 (26.4%) | |
| Age (mean) | 37.2 (13.4) | 39.6 (8.30) | < 0.001 |
| Age (Categorical): | < 0.001 | ||
| < 18 | 1120 (11.8%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| 18–24 | 247 (2.59%) | 10 (1.99%) | |
| 25–34 | 1991 (20.9%) | 152 (30.2%) | |
| 35–44 | 3324 (34.9%) | 201 (40.0%) | |
| 45–55 | 2175 (22.8%) | 117 (23.3%) | |
| 55< | 662 (6.95%) | 23 (4.57%) | |
| Percent Female | 40% (0.49) | 16% (0.37) | < 0.001 |
| Transmission Route: | |||
| Heterosexual | 4834 (50.8%) | 406 (80.7%) | |
| Injection drug use | 3219 (33.8%) | 92 (18.3%) | |
| Male-to-Male Sexual | 36 (0.38%) | 4 (0.80%) | |
| Relationship Status: | < 0.001 | ||
| Divorced | 1048 (11.8%) | 56 (11.5%) | |
| Married | 4583 (51.7%) | 344 (70.9%) | |
| Unmarried | 2761 (31.1%) | 60 (12.4%) | |
| Widowed | 380 (4.29%) | 17 (3.51%) | |
| Education: | . < 0.001 | ||
| Elementary | 180 (2.12%) | 6 (1.25%) | |
| High school | 6498 (76.4%) | 353 (73.5%) | |
| None | 815 (9.58%) | 7 (1.46%) | |
| Specialized high school | 416 (4.89%) | 80 (16.7%) | |
| Unfinished high school | 304 (3.57%) | 5 (1.04%) | |
| Unfinished University | 80 (0.94%) | 8 (1.67%) | |
| University Degree | 214 (2.52%) | 21 (4.38%) | |
| Employment: | < 0.001 . | ||
| Employed | 555 (5.83%) | 86 (17.1%) | |
| Incarcerated | 207 (2.17%) | 1 (0.20%) | |
| Military | 18 (0.19%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| None | 8300 (87.2%) | 413 (82.1%) | |
| Other | 87 (0.91%) | 1 (0.20%) | |
| Retired | 26 (0.27%) | 1 (0.20%) | |
| Student | 308 (3.24%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| Student (higher education) | 17 (0.18%) | 1 (0.20%) | |
| Ever had Male-to-Male Sexual Contact: | 0.688 | ||
| No | 5903 (98.4%) | 415 (98.8%) | |
| Yes | 94 (1.57%) | 5 (1.19%) | |
| Ever used Illicit Drugs: | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 5942 (64.7%) | 400 (79.7%) | |
| Yes | 3240 (35.3%) | 102 (20.3%) | |
| Baseline_CD4 (mean) | 390 (305) | 340 (213) | < 0.001 |
| Late Presentation (CD4 < 200) at Diagnosis: | 0.505 | ||
| No | 3900 (73.2%) | 234 (71.3%) | |
| Yes | 1429 (26.8%) | 94 (28.7%) | |
| Number of Sexual Partners in the Last 12 Months (mean) | 2.29 (3.11) | 3.05 (2.87) | < 0.001 |
| Percent AntiHCV Positive | 27% (0.44) | 30% (0.46) | 0.393 |
| Percent TB Positive (Syndromic) | 2% (0.14) | 2% (0.15) | 0.811 |
| Percent HBsAg Positive | 7% (0.26) | 6% (0.25) | 0.615 |
| Ever Purchases Services of a Sex Worker: | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 4392 (68.3%) | 247 (50.7%) | |
| Yes | 1827 (28.4%) | 209 (42.9%) | |
*For continuous variables that are normally distributed, a t-test is performed to calculate p-values. For continuous variables that are not normally distributed, MannWhitney U is performed. For categorical variables, p-values correspond to a Pearson Chi-Square test