Table 1.
Baseline characteristic of newly diagnosed HIV patients.
| Characteristic | Total 2127 (100%) |
With OI 385 (18%) |
Without OI 1742 (82%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 1495 | 70.3 | 280 | 72.7 | 1215 | 69.7 |
| Female | 608 | 28.6 | 104 | 27.0 | 504 | 28.9 |
| Transsexual | 24 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 23 | 1.3 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| n | 2121 | 99.7 | 380 | 98.7 | 1741 | 99.9 |
| Median, IQR | 31 | (25–41) | 35 | (28–45) | 30 | (24–40) |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 1420 | 66.8 | 306 | 79.5 | 1114 | 63.9 |
| Homosexual | 486 | 22.8 | 39 | 10.1 | 447 | 25.7 |
| Bisexual | 163 | 7.7 | 19 | 4.9 | 144 | 8.3 |
| Unknown | 58 | 2.7 | 21 | 5.5 | 37 | 2.1 |
| Ethnic group | ||||||
| Ladino | 1524 | 71.7 | 266 | 69.1 | 1258 | 72.2 |
| Mayan | 334 | 15.7 | 60 | 15.6 | 274 | 15.7 |
| Other | 13 | 0.6 | 4 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.5 |
| Unknown | 256 | 12.0 | 55 | 14.3 | 201 | 11.5 |
| Residence | 2077 | 97.6 | 371 | 96.3 | 1706 | 97.9 |
| Urban | 995 | 47.9 | 159 | 42.9 | 836 | 49 |
| Rural | 1082 | 52.1 | 212 | 57.1 | 870 | 51 |
| BMI | ||||||
| n | 1198 | 56.3 | 185 | 48.0 | 1013 | 58.1 |
| Underweight | 148 | 12.4 | 45 | 24.5 | 103 | 10.2 |
| Normal | 695 | 58.1 | 98 | 53.3 | 597 | 58.9 |
| Overweight | 275 | 23.0 | 33 | 17.9 | 242 | 23.9 |
| Obese | 79 | 6.6 | 8 | 4.3 | 71 | 7.0 |
| CD4 (cells/mm3) | ||||||
| n | 1682 | 79.1 | 268 | 69.6 | 1414 | 81.2 |
| Median, IQR | 187 | (73–326) | 53 | (19–137) | 220 | (102–359) |
| <200 | 877 | 52.1 | 227 | 84.7 | 650 | 46.0 |
| <350 | 1298 | 77.2 | 253 | 94.4 | 1045 | 73.9 |
| ≥350 | 384 | 22.8 | 15 | 5.6 | 369 | 26.1 |
| Viral load (copies/mL) | ||||||
| n | 1668 | 78.4 | 277 | 72.0 | 1391 | 79.8 |
| Log10 Median, IQR | 4.8 | (4.2–5.3) | 5.2 | (4.7–5.7) | 4.7 | (4.1–5.2) |