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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of new patients over time, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998-2010*

From: Improved virologic outcomes over time for HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in a cohort from Rio de Janeiro, 1997–2011

 

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

Overall

P-value

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

 

New patients

30

-

79

-

80

-

75

-

136

-

286

-

241

-

1678

-

 

Gender

                 

 Male

19

(63)

48

(61)

53

(66)

51

(68)

103

(76)

203

(71)

173

(72)

1163

(69)

0.21

 Female

11

(37)

31

(39)

27

(34)

24

(32)

33

(24)

83

(29)

68

(28)

515

(31)

 

Race

                 

 White

16

(53)

53

(67)

53

(66)

41

(55)

80

(59)

140

(49)

101

(42)

882

(53)

< 0.001

 Non-white

14

(47)

26

(33)

27

(34)

34

(45)

56

(41)

146

(51)

140

(58)

796

(47)

 

Age (years)

                 

 <30

5

(17)

25

(32)

20

(25)

14

(19)

21

(15)

69

(24)

65

(27)

370

(22)

<0.01

 30-39

12

(40)

29

(37)

31

(39)

24

(32)

62

(46)

107

(37)

87

(36)

635

(38)

 

 40-49

11

(37)

17

(22)

19

(24)

28

(37)

32

(24)

76

(27)

63

(26)

468

(28)

 

 >50

2

(7)

8

(10)

10

(13)

9

(12)

21

(15)

34

(12)

26

(11)

205

(12)

 

Risk group

                 

 HT man

4

(13)

13

(16)

25

(31)

21

(28)

38

(28)

75

(26)

56

(23)

429

(26)

< 0.001

 HT woman

7

(23)

23

(29)

20

(25)

18

(24)

24

(18)

72

(25)

55

(23)

410

(24)

 

 MSM

10

(33)

31

(39)

21

(26)

21

(28)

48

(35)

103

(36)

87

(36)

554

(33)

 

 IDU

4

(13)

1

(1)

0

(0)

1

(1)

0

(0)

3

(1)

2

(1)

19

(1)

 

 Unknown

2

(7)

11

(14)

13

(16)

13

(17)

25

(18)

31

(11)

40

(17)

249

(15)

 

 Other

3

(10)

0

(0)

1

(1)

1

(1)

1

(1)

2

(1)

1

(0)

17

(1)

 

Education (years)

                 

 ≤ 8 years

16

(53)

44

(56)

50

(63)

42

(56)

69

(51)

149

(52)

120

(50)

886

(53)

0.40

 > 8 years

14

(47)

35

(44)

30

(38)

33

(44)

67

(49)

137

(48)

121

(50)

792

(47)

 

Hep C coinfection

3

(10)

4

(5)

4

(5)

6

(8)

8

(6)

15

(5)

9

(4)

83

(5)

0.46

  1. *Odd years not shown. Bold text indicates p-value < 0.05. HT, heterosexual; MSM, men who have sex with men; IDU, injecting drug user; Hep, hepatitis.