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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of male HIV+ adults at enrolment in HIV care at Dawei clinic- n=27981

From: Increased hepatitis C virus co-infection and injection drug use in HIV-infected fishermen in Myanmar

Characteristics

General (n = 1626)

Fishermen (n = 1172)

p-value

n

%

n

%

Age (years)

15–29

355

21.7

191

16.3

< 0.001

30–49

1141

70.3

906

77.3

 

50+

130

8.0

75

6.4

 

Mean (sd)

37.1

(8.8)

36.9

(7.5)

0.6

Marital status

Married

952

58.6

605

51.6

0.003

 

Single

427

26.3

350

29.9

 
 

Divorced

140

8.6

127

10.8

 
 

Widow

107

6.6

90

7.68

 

BMI

> 18.52

791

48.7

598

51.0

0.001

< 18.5

699

43.0

435

37.1

 

Missing

136

8.4

139

11.9

 

Median (IQR)

18.7

(17–20.5)

19.0

(17.4–20.6)

0.01

CD4 count

< 50

415

25.5

292

24.9

0.025

 

50

421

25.9

305

26.0

 
 

200

173

10.6

105

9.0

 
 

350

89

5.5

52

4.4

 
 

500

83

5.1

41

3.5

 
 

Missing

445

27.4

377

32.2

 
 

Median (IQR)

90

(30–233)

84

(39–198)

0.18

WHO Stage

1

165

10.2

73

6.2

0.004

 

2

235

14.5

176

15.0

 
 

3

833

51.2

633

54.0

 
 

4

393

24.2

290

24.7

 

Risk factors for HIV acquisition

IDU

138

8.49

186

15.9

< 0.001

CSW

1086

66.9

980

83.7

< 0.001

MSM

157

9.7

47

4.02

< 0.001

Initiate ART

1341

82.5

923

78.8

0.014

HCV positive 3

93

9.5

154

23.2

< 0.001

  1. 1Total includes n = 2 non-fishermen who are < 15 at enrolment but > 15 at ART initiation, p-values from chi square or Mann-Whitney U test for BMI and CD4 count and t-test for age; 2 this category includes 37 patients with BMI > 24.9 and 3 patients with BMI > 30; 3 amongst 1648 screened for HCV. *ART = antiretroviral therapy