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. 2015 Jan 24;19(2):181–186. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.12.002

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics associated with HBV vaccination coverage of HIV-infected patients in South Brazil.

Variable Unvaccinated
Vaccinated
Susceptible (possibly unvaccinated)
p Total
n % n % n % n %
Total 76 25.3 172 57.3 52 17.3 300 100.0



Age (years)
 ≤40 18 17.8 65 64.4 18 17.8 101 33.7
 41–50 28 25.2 65 58.6 18 16.2 0.118 111 37.0
 >50 30 34.1 42 47.7 16 18.2 88 29.3



Gender
 Male 54 30.2 102 57.0 23 12.8 0.010* 179 59.7
 Female 22 18.2 70 57.8 29 24.0 121 40.3



Ethnicity
 White 68 26.4 150 58.1 40 15.5 0.104 258 86.0
 Black 8 19.0 22 52.4 12 28.6 42 14.0



Highest level of education
 <High school 41 23.4 96 54.9 38 21.7 0.058 175 58.3
 ≥High school 35 28.0 76 60.8 14 11.2 125 41.7



Monthly income (US$)
 <1300 49 24.4 107 53.2 45 22.4 0.004* 201 67.0
 ≥1300 27 27.3 65 65.7 7 7.1 99 33.0



Time since HIV infection diagnosis (years)
 <10 43 26.9 96 60.0 21 13.1 0.119 160 53.3
 ≥10 33 23.6 76 54.3 31 22.1 140 46.7



Time since initiation of antiretroviral therapy (years)
 <10 48 25.5 113 60.1 27 14.4 0.197 188 62.7
 ≥10 28 25.0 59 52.7 25 22.3 112 37.3



Transmission route of HIV infection
 Homosexual 17 25.0 43 63.2 8 11.8 68 22.7
 Heterosexual 44 23.8 106 57.3 35 18.9 0.324 185 61.7
 Intravenous drug use 13 38.2 16 47.1 5 9.6 34 11.3
 Other 2 15.4 7 53.8 4 30.8 13 4.3



HIV viral load (copies/mL)
 <50 60 26.2 135 59.0 34 14.8 229 76.4
 50– 10,000 9 19.6 25 54.3 12 26.1 0.310 46 15.3
 >10,000 7 28.0 12 48.0 6 24.0 25 8.3



CD4 cell count (cells/μL)
 <500 38 24.8 86 56.2 29 19.0 0.751 153 51.0
 ≥500 38 25.9 86 58.5 23 15.6 147 49.0
*

Statistically significant at p < 0.05.