Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of Men in the MACS and Women in WIHS at Their 2018–2019 Study Visit, by HIV Status
| Total (n = 4,016) | Prevalence, % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men a | Women b | |||||||
| Characteristic at MostRecent Study Visit | No. | % |
All Men (n = 1,901) |
PLWH (n = 1,004) |
HIV-SN (n = 897) |
All Women (n = 2,115) |
PLWH (n = 1,488) |
HIV-SN (n = 627) |
| Geographic region | ||||||||
| West Coast | 876 | 22 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Midwest | 614 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Mid-Atlantic and Northeast | 1,790 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 52 | 41 | 40 | 43 |
| South | 736 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 36 | 32 |
| Duration of study follow-up, yearsc | 17 (7–31) | 32 (16–35) | 17 (16–35) | 35 (17–35) | 17 (5–24) | 17 (5–24) | 17 (5–24) | |
| ≤5.00 | 511 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 19 |
| 5.01–15.00 | 701 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 25 | 23 |
| 15.01–25.00 | 1,753 | 44 | 32 | 36 | 28 | 54 | 52 | 58 |
| >25.00 | 1,051 | 26 | 55 | 43 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Age, yearsc | 56 (48–63) | 61 (54–68) | 59 (51–65) | 64 (58–71) | 52 (45–58) | 53 (46–59) | 51 (43–57) | |
| Age group, years | ||||||||
| 24–39 | 389 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 16 |
| 40–49 | 738 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 28 |
| 50–59 | 1,370 | 34 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 41 | 43 | 36 |
| 60–69 | 1,088 | 27 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| 70–94 | 431 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 1,970 | 49 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
| Hispanic (any race) | 527 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,402 | 35 | 64 | 54 | 74 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| Other race | 117 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 777 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 33 | 30 |
| High school graduate/some college | 2,037 | 51 | 41 | 47 | 34 | 60 | 59 | 61 |
| College graduate or higher | 1,200 | 30 | 54 | 46 | 63 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Low incomed | 1,738 | 45 | 26 | 33 | 18 | 62 | 62 | 60 |
| Currently employed | 1,790 | 45 | 52 | 51 | 53 | 39 | 37 | 44 |
Abbreviations: AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; MACS, Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study; PLWH, people living with HIV; SN, seronegative; WIHS, Women’s Interagency HIV Study.
a Includes 1,899 cisgender men and 3 transgender women who participated in the MACS.
b Includes 2,114 cisgender women and 1 transgender man who participated in the WIHS.
c Values are expressed as median (interquartile range).
d Low income was defined differently by study among participants with known current income (n = 3,855): as household income ≤$18,000/year in the WIHS and as individual income <$20,000/year in the MACS.