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Table 3 Comparison of the patients being infected through homosexual transmission with patients infected through other routes.

From: Epidemiological study of phylogenetic transmission clusters in a local HIV-1 epidemic reveals distinct differences between subtype B and non-B infections

 

MSM

Other than MSM

 

Multivariate Bin. Log. Regression

 

Count (%)

Count (%)

p-value

ODDS ratio

95% CI

p-value

# Patienten (n = 408)

242 (59.3%)

166 (40.7%)

    

Subtype B

229/242 (94.6%)

42/166 (25.3%)

< 0.001

23.1

10.2-52.3

< 0.001

Cluster

125/242 (51.7%)

25/166 (15.1%)

< 0.001

2.8

1.4-5.6

0.004

HBV +

88/236 (37.3%)

49/159 (30.8%)

0.185

2.7

1.2-5.7

0.012

HCV +

16/237 (6.6%)

14/160 (8.8%)

0.46

   

Syphilis+

108/242 (44.6%)

13/162 (8.0%)

< 0.001

7.1

2.9-17.3

< 0.001

Chlamydia +

90/220 (40.9%)

18/97 (18.6%)

< 0.001

  

-

Caucasian origin

233/240 (97.1%)

88/164 (53.7%)

< 0.001

6.7

2.0-22.1

0.002

DRM

22/242 (9.1%)

4/166 (2.4%)

0.007

6.1

1-36.6

0.05

PHI

54/226 (23.9%)

14/150 (9.3%)

< 0.001

  

-

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

p-value

   

CD4 (cells/μl)

426 (299-597)

341 (181-528)

0.001

  

-

Age (years)

38 (32-44)

37 (32-43)

0.351

   
  1. Values are given as counts per number of patients of which data was available. For the multivariate analysis, odds ratios are given with regard to MSM. The p-value for the Hosmer-Lemeshow test for the multivariate model is 0.625.
  2. MSM, men who have sex with men; HBV, Hepatitis B Virus; HCV, Hepatitis C Virus; DRM, Drug Resistant Mutations; PHI, Primary HIV Infection; IQR, interquartile range; CI, confidence interval.