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. 2021 Mar 3;10(1):384–395. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1888659

Table 1.

Characteristics of studied female sex workers and their older male clients in Guigang, Guangxi, 2009–2019.

Variable Total FSWs, n (%) Clients, n (%)
Total 320 (1) 43 (13.4) 277 (86.6)
Age (median, IQR) 63 (56, 68) 49 (41, 54) 64 (57, 69)
Marital status      
 Single 9 (2.8) 4 (9.3) 5 (1.8)
 Married 231 (72.2) 16 (37.2) 215 (77.9)
 Divorced/widowed 79 (24.7) 23 (53.5) 56 (20.3)
Ethnicity      
 Han 269 (84.1) 32 (74.4) 237 (85.9)
 Zhuang 45 (14.1) 8 (18.6) 37 (13.4)
 Other 5 (1.6) 3 (7.0) 2 (0.7)
Education (years)      
 < 6 222 (69.4) 39 (90.7) 183 (66.3)
 6-9 81 (25.3) 3 (7.0) 78 (28.3)
 > 9 16 (5.0) 1 (2.3) 15 (5.4)
Baseline CD4+ T cell counts (median, IQR) 191 (77, 333) 346.5 (241, 417) 167 (58, 301)
Latest CD4+ T cell counts (median, IQR) 294 (153, 432) 394 (269, 582) 258 (139, 411)
Viral loads (copies/mL)      
 < 50 104 (32.5) 3 (7.0) 101 (36.6)
 50-1000 33 (10.3) 0 (0) 33 (12.0)
 > 1000 17 (5.3) 9 (20.9) 8 (2.9)
 Unknown 166 (51.9) 31 (72.1) 134 (48.6)
ART      
 Yes 269 (84.3) 25 (58.1) 244 (88.1)
 No 50 (15.7) 18 (41.9) 32 (11.9)