| CD4 count <350 cells/μLa | CD4 count ≥350 cells/μL | ||||||
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Characteristics | Total (N=103), n (%) | Initiated ART (N=38), n (%) | Not initiated ART (N=65), n (%) | P-value | Total (N=135), n (%) | Initiated ART (N=24), n (%) | Not initiated ART (N=111), n (%) | P-value |
Age (year) | Â | Â | Â | 0.07 | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
Median, IQR | 32 (27–38) | 34 (29–39) | 30 (26–36) |  | 31 (26–37) | 41 (35–45) | 30 (25–34) |  |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | 1.00 | Â | Â | Â | 0.59 |
 Han | 95 (92.2) | 35 (92.1) | 60 (92.3) |  | 129 (95.6) | 24 (100.0) | 105 (94.6) |  |
 Non-Han | 8 (7.8) | 3 (7.9) | 5 (7.7) |  | 6 (4.4) | 0 (0) | 6 (5.4) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 0.03 | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 Currently unmarried | 68 (66.0) | 20 (52.6) | 48 (73.8) |  | 102 (75.6) | 11 (45.8) | 91 (82.0) |  |
 Currently married | 35 (34.0) | 18 (47.4) | 17 (26.2) |  | 33 (24.4) | 13 (54.2) | 20 (18.0) |  |
Education (year of schooling) | Â | Â | Â | 0.92 | Â | Â | Â | 0.52 |
 College or above (>12) | 57 (55.3) | 21 (55.2) | 36 (55.4) |  | 71 (52.6) | 10 (41.7) | 61 (55.0) |  |
 Senior high school (10–12) | 24 (23.3) | 8 (21.1) | 16 (24.6) |  | 45 (33.3) | 10 (41.7) | 35 (31.5) |  |
 Junior high school (7–9) | 19 (18.5) | 8 (21.1) | 11 (16.9) |  | 15 (11.1) | 3 (12.5) | 12 (10.8) |  |
 Primary school (≤6) | 3 (2.9) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (3.1) |  | 4 (3.0) | 1 (4.1) | 3 (2.7) |  |
Occupational status | Â | Â | Â | 0.87 | Â | Â | Â | 0.39 |
 Employed | 81 (78.6) | 31 (81.6) | 50 (76.9) |  | 97 (71.8) | 16 (66.6) | 81 (73.0) |  |
 Non-employed/retired | 15 (14.6) | 5 (13.2) | 10 (15.4) |  | 19 (14.1) | 7 (29.2) | 12 (10.8) |  |
 Student | 2 (1.9) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (1.5) |  | 8 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 8 (7.2) |  |
 Other | 5 (4.9) | 1 (2.6) | 4 (6.2) |  | 11 (8.2) | 1 (4.2) | 10 (9.0) |  |
Beijing Hukou | Â | Â | Â | 0.19 | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 No | 39 (37.9) | 11 (28.9) | 28 (43.1) |  | 52 (38.5) | 3 (12.5) | 49 (44.1) |  |
 Yes | 64 (62.1) | 27 (71.1) | 37 (56.9) |  | 83 (61.5) | 21 (87.5) | 62 (55.9) |  |
Duration of living in Beijing (year) | Â | Â | Â | 0.06 | Â | Â | Â | 0.04 |
 <5 | 45 (43.7) | 12 (31.6) | 33 (50.8) |  | 54 (40.0) | 5 (20.8) | 49 (44.1) |  |
 ≥5 | 58 (56.3) | 26 (68.4) | 32 (49.2) |  | 81 (60.0) | 19 (79.2) | 62 (55.9) |  |
Time from HIV infection to survey (month) | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 <15 | 46 (44.7) | 5 (13.2) | 41 (63.1) |  | 69 (51.1) | 1 (4.2) | 68 (61.3) |  |
 ≥15 | 57 (55.3) | 33 (86.8) | 24 (36.9) |  | 66 (48.9) | 23 (95.8) | 43 (38.7) |  |
Self-report health condition | Â | Â | Â | 1.00 | Â | Â | Â | 0.53 |
 Very good/good | 77 (74.8) | 28 (73.7) | 49 (75.4) |  | 116 (85.9) | 22 (91.7) | 94 (84.7) |  |
 Somewhat poor/very poor | 26 (25.4) | 10 (26.3) | 16 (24.6) |  | 19 (14.1) | 2 (8.3) | 17 (15.3) |  |
Ever had AIDS-like clinical symptomsb | Â | Â | Â | 0.35 | Â | Â | Â | 0.02 |
 No | 77 (74.8) | 26 (68.4) | 51 (78.5) |  | 100 (74.1) | 13 (54.2) | 87 (78.4) |  |
 Yes | 26 (25.2) | 12 (31.6) | 14 (21.5) |  | 35 (25.9) | 11 (45.8) | 24 (21.6) |  |
Had unprotected insertive anal sex with men in past 6 months | Â | Â | Â | 0.02 | Â | Â | Â | 0.25 |
 No | 34 (79.1) | 14 (100) | 20 (69.0) |  | 43 (66.2) | 7 (87.5) | 36 (63.2) |  |
 Yes | 9 (20.9) | 0 (0) | 9 (31.0) |  | 22 (33.8) | 1 (12.5) | 21 (36.8) |  |
Had unprotected receptive anal sex with men in past 6 months | Â | Â | Â | 0.04 | Â | Â | Â | 0.01 |
 No | 43 (75.4) | 16 (94.1) | 27 (67.5) |  | 43 (56.6) | 11 (91.7) | 32 (50.0) |  |
 Yes | 14 (24.6) | 1 (5.9) | 13 (32.5) |  | 33 (43.4) | 1 (8.3) | 32 (50.0) |  |
Had multiple concurrent male partners in past 12 months | Â | Â | Â | 0.71 | Â | Â | Â | 1.00 |
 No | 93 (93.0) | 36 (94.7) | 57 (91.9) |  | 118 (89.4) | 21 (91.3) | 97 (89.0) |  |
 Yes | 7 (7.0) | 2 (5.3) | 5 (8.1) |  | 14 (10.6) | 2 (8.7) | 12 (11.0) |  |
Had commercial sex in past 12 months | Â | Â | Â | 1.00 | Â | Â | Â | 0.35 |
 No | 94 (94.0) | 36 (94.7) | 58 (93.6) |  | 126 (94.7) | 24 (100.0) | 102 (93.6) |  |
 Yes | 6 (6.0) | 2 (5.3) | 4 (6.4) |  | 7 (5.3) | 0 (0) | 7 (6.4) |  |
History of sexually transmitted diseases | Â | Â | Â | 0.30 | Â | Â | Â | 0.003 |
 No | 43 (43.0) | 13 (35.1) | 30 (47.6) |  | 57 (45.6) | 4 (17.4) | 53 (52.0) |  |
 Yes | 57 (57.0) | 24 (64.9) | 33 (52.4) |  | 68 (54.4) | 19 (82.6) | 49 (48.0) |  |
Syphilis co-infection | Â | Â | Â | 0.03 | Â | Â | Â | 0.11 |
 No | 39 (37.9) | 9 (23.7) | 30 (46.2) |  | 54 (40.0) | 6 (25.0) | 48 (43.2) |  |
 Yes | 64 (62.1) | 29 (76.3) | 35 (53.8) |  | 81 (60.0) | 18 (75.0) | 63 (56.8) |  |