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Table 1 Demographic and epidemiological characteristics of HIV-positive individuals in the state of Mato Grosso, Central Brazil.

From: Hepatitis B Virus infection in HIV-positive population in Brazil: results of a survey in the state of Mato Grosso and a comparative analysis with other regions of Brazil

Characteristic

N (%)

Male N (%)

Female N (%)

P

Total

1000 (100.0)

530 (53.0)

470 (47.0)

 

Age group (in yrs.)

   17–30

268 (26.8)

100 (18.8)

168 (35.7)

0.000

   31–40

408 (40.8)

213 (40.2)

195 (41.5)

0.5

   41–50

230 (23.0)

151 (28.5)

79 (16.8)

0.000

   51–77

94 (9.4)

66 (12.4)

28 (5.9)

0.6

Supposed route of HIV infection

   Unprotected sex

577 (58.8)

403 (76.0)

174 (37.0)

0.000

   HIV+ve partner

322 (32.8)

66 (13.2)

256 (54.4)

0.000

   Blood transfusion

56 (5.7)

30 (5.6)

26 (5.5)

NS

   IV-drugs

24 (2.4)

21 (4.0)

3 (0.6)

0.001

Number of sexual partners

   1–5

379 (38.1)

98 (18.4)

281 (59.7)

 

   6–10

164 (16.5)

86 (16.2)

78 (16.6)

 

   > 10

451(45.3)

341 (64.3)

110 (23.4)

0.000*

STD

   Yes

339 (34.2)

266 (50.7)

73 (15.6)

0.000

   No

653 (65.8)

259 (49.3)

394 (84.4)

 

Tattooing

   Yes

134 (13.5)

86 (16.4)

48 (10.3)

<0.01

   No

857 (86.5)

438 (83.6)

419 (89.7)

 

Vaccination against hepatitis

   Yes

464 (47.6)

239 (46.7)

225 (48.6)

0.6

   No

511 (52.4)

273 (53.3)

238 (51.4)

 

Antiretroviral treatment

   Yes

716 (72.0)

402 (76.3)

314 (67.1)

<0.05

   No

279 (28.0)

125 (23.7)

154 (32.9)

 

CD4 level (cells/mm3)

   0–200

255 (25.5)

143 (27.0)

112 (23.8)

 

   201–350

288 (28.8)

141 (26.6)

147 (31.3)

 

   > 351

457 (45.7)

246 (46.4)

211 (44.9)

0.7*

Viral Load (copies/mm3)

   < 80

386 (38.6)

224 (42.2)

162 (34.5)

 

   81–10,000

242 (24.2)

114 (21.5)

128 (27.2)

 

   10,001–100,000

234 (23.4)

115 (21.7)

119 (25.3)

 

   > 100,000

138 (13.8)

77 (14.6)

61 (13.0)

0.2*

  1. * Chi-square for linear trend