Table 1.
Characteristics of the 85 incarcerated women living with HIV included in our study.
| Variable | Result |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Italy, n (%) | 50 (58.8) |
| Africa, n (%) | 25 (29.4) |
| South America | 4 (4.7) |
| Slovakia | 2 (2.3) |
| Romania | 2 (2.3) |
| Czech Republic | 1 (1.2) |
| Albania | 1 (1.2) |
| Age, mean ± SD | 41.7 ± 8.7 |
| Risk factor | |
| Drug injection, n (%) | 40 (47) |
| Sexual transmission, n (%) | 44 (51.8) |
| Blood transfusion | 1 (1.2) |
| CD4+ count, median (IQR) | 573 (362–696) |
| On HAART, n (%) | 79 (92.9) |
| INSTI-based, n (%) | 28 (32.9) |
| PI-based, n (%) | 42 (49.4) |
| NNRTI-based, n (%) | 7 (8.2) |
SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy; INSTI: integrase strand transfer inhibitor; PI: protease inhibitor; NNRTI: non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.