Table 1

Demographic and socio-economic factors associated with late presentation at HIV diagnosis in Venezuela, Carabobo State.

Late presenters
 Total





n
 %
 n
 OR*(95%CI)
 P-value (PT)
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC




Sexa, †




     Male
 72
 44.2
 163
 1
 -
     Female
 19
 30.6
 62
 0.57 (0.30–1.10)
 0.094
Age (years)a,‡




     < 20
 3
 17.6
 17
 1
 - (0.003)
     20–29
 24
 27.0
 89
 1.74 (0.46–6.64)
 0.417
     30–39
 34
 55.7
 61
 6.02 (1.56–23.30)
 0.009
     >40
 30
 51.7
 58
 4.86 (1.25–18.84)
 0.022
Marital Statusa (n = 224)




     Single
 54
 40.9
 132
 1
 -
     Married
 9
 47.4
 19
 1.06 (0.38–2.95)
 0.912
     Divorced
 6
 75.0
 8
 3.06 (0.56–16.77)
 0.198
     Widowed
 2
 40.0
 5
 0.69 (0.11–4.48)
 0.693
     Living together
 20
 33.3
 60
 0.86 (0.42–1.74)
 0.670
Childrena (n = 219)




     0
 35
 32.1
 109
 1
 -
     ≥ 1
 52
 47.3
 110
 2.06 (1.11–3.83)
 0.022
Sexual orientationa




     Heterosexual
 60
 43.5
 138
 1
 -
     Bisexual
 17
 47.2
 36
 0.76 (0.33–1.71)
 0.503
     Homosexual
 14
 27.5
 51
 0.40 (0.18–0.87)
 0.020
Education levela




     Not finished secondary school
 55
 46.6
 118
 1
 -
     Secondary school and higher
 36
 33.6
 107
 0.57 (0.32–1.01)
 0.053
SOCIO-ECONOMIC




Type of occupationa (n = 223)




     Unemployed
 8
 42.1
 19
 1
 -
     Domestic worker
 11
 35.5
 31
 2.35 (0.54–10.28)
 0.258
     Manual worker
 25
 56.8
 44
 1.73 (0.55–5.46)
 0.347
     Self-employed/Commerce
 22
 50.0
 44
 1.41 (0.45–4.44)
 0.555
     Paid employee/Office worker
 14
 27.5
 51
 0.57 (0.18–1.79)
 0.334
     Professional/University staff
 4
 33.3
 12
 0.53 (0.11–2.55)
 0.426
     Student
 7
 31.8
 22
 1.38 (0.35–5.52)
 0.646
Area of residenceb




     Rural
 8
 57.1
 14
 1
 -
     Urban
 43
 37.4
 115
 0.34 (0.10–1.15)
 0.082
Ownership residenceb




     Owning
 37
 50.0
 74
 1
 - (0.008)
     Renting
 8
 26.7
 30
 0.30 (0.11–0.81)
 0.017
     Borrow/lodged
 6
 24.0
 25
 0.38 (0.13–1.10)
 0.074
Socio-economic statusb,§




     Low
 32
 50.0
 64
 1
     High
 19
 29.2
 65
 0.24 (0.10–0.57)
 0.001

aData source: patient files (n = 225). bData source: questionnaires (n = 129). Missing values are deducted by subtracting the total of individuals for each variable to the corresponding 225 (a) or 129 (b) patients. If totals are not indicated for a variable, it has no missing values. *Adjusted for age group and sex. †Odds ratio only adjusted for age group. ‡Odds ratio only adjusted for sex. §Socio-economic status was calculated for all interviewed persons as described in Methods. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PT, Mantel-Haenszel Score test for trend P-value.

Bonjour et al. AIDS Research and Therapy 2008 5:6   doi:10.1186/1742-6405-5-6
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