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Table 1 Characteristics of patients newly diagnosed with HIV enrolled in the study (n = 650)

From: Missed opportunities for HIV testing in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Morocco

 

Total

(n = 650)

Men

(n = 294)

Women

(n = 356)

p-value

Age, median (IQR)

35 (29–42)

37 (30–44)

34 (29–41)

0.0002

Nationality, Moroccoa

638 (98%)

286 (97%)

352 (99%)

0.15

Place of residence, urban

531 (82%)

239 (81%)

292 (82%)

0.84

Educational level

   

<  0.0001

 University

45 (7%)

34 (12%)

11 (3%)

 

  ≤ High school

384 (59%)

201 (68%)

183 (51%)

 

 No diploma

221 (34%)

59 (20%)

162 (46%)

 

Professional status

   

<  0.0001

 Employed

335 (51%)

216 (74%)

119 (33%)

 

 Unemployed

297 (46%)

60 (20%)

237 (67%)

 

 Student

11 (2%)

11 (4%)

0

 

 Retired

7 (1%)

7 (2%)

0

 

Marital status

   

<  0.0001

 Married

286 (44%)

144 (49%)

142 (40%)

 

 Single

203 (31%)

128 (44%)

75 (21%)

 

 Divorced

116 (18%)

17 (6%)

99 (28%)

 

 Widowed

45 (7%)

5 (1%)

40 (11%)

 

Number of children, median (IQR)

1 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

1 (0–1)

0.001

Health insurance

   

0.001

 Public insuranceb

94 (15%)

44 (15%)

50 (14%)

 

 Private insurance

47 (7%)

33 (11%)

14 (4%)

 

 Without insurance

509 (78%)

217 (74%)

292 (82%)

 

Sexual practices over the 3 years prior to HIV diagnosis

< 0.0001

 MSM

51 (8%)

51 (17%)

–

 

 Heterosexual

526 (81%)

223 (76%)

303 (85%)

 

 No sexual intercourse

65 (10%)

16 (5%)

49 (14%)

 

 Did not wish to answer

8 (1%)

4 (1%)

4 (1%)

 

Number of sexual partnersc, median (IQR)

1 (1–11)

4d (1–24)

1 (1–4)

< 0.0001

PWIDse

5 (0.8%)

4 (1%)

1 (0.3%)

0.18

  1. IQR interquartile range, MSM men who have sex with men, PWIDs people who inject drugs
  2. a Foreigners (12): Algeria (1), Cameroon (1), Ivory Coast (2), Egypt (1), France (5), Guinea (1), Senegal (1)
  3. b Public insurance including CNOPS (national provident organizations fund, n = 24) and RAMED (medical insurance for economically disadvantaged people, n = 70)
  4. c 30 missing values
  5. d Median number of sexual partners among heterosexual and homosexual men
  6. e 1 missing value