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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics by cohort

From: Trends in missed presentations and late HIV diagnosis in a UK teaching hospital: a retrospective comparative cohort study

 

All

n = 165

1995-2000

n = 48

2004-2009

n = 117

Pvalue

Gender (female)

47 (29%)

10 (21%)

37 (32%)

0.163

Age, years

38 (10)

38 (9)

38 (11)

0.810

SIMD†, quntile

   

0.040

   1 (most deprived)

24 (15%)

10 (21%)

14 (13%)

 

   2

22 (14%)

8 (17%)

13 (13%)

 

   3

38 (24%)

13 (27%)

25 (22%)

 

   4

38 (24%)

9 (19%)

29 (26%)

 

   5 (least deprived)

38 (24%)

8 (17%)

30 (27%)

 

Origin

   

0.226

   UK

108 (66%)

36 (75%)

72 (62%)

 

   sub-Saharan Africa

39 (24%)

9 (19%)

30 (26%)

 

   Other

18 (11%)

3 (6%)

15 (13%)

 

Area of presumed acquisition

   

0.026

   UK

78 (47%)

30 (63%)

48 (41%)

 

   Europe

10 (6%)

2 (4%)

8 (7%)

 

   sub-Saharan Africa

58 (35%)

14 (29%)

44 (38%)

 

   Asia/SE Asia

19 (12%)

2 (4%)

17 (15%)

 

   UK origin acquired in high-risk area.

26 (16%)

6 (12%)

20 (17%)

 

Previous (negative) HIV test

51 (31%)

13 (27%)

38 (33%)

0.469

   Months since last HIV test (if occurred)

41 (42)

29 (20)

45 (47)

0.090

Clinical staging at first presentation (WHO)

   

0.010

   Primary HIV infection

3 (2%)

0 (0%)

3 (3%)

 

   Stage 1

102 (62%)

23 (48%)

79 (68%)

 

   Stage 2

11 (7%)

5 (10%)

6 (5%)

 

   Stage 3

24 (15%)

9 (18%)

15 (13%)

 

   Stage 4

25 (15%)

11 (23%)

14 (12%)

 

Clinical staging at diagnosis (WHO)

   

0.002

   Primary infection

2 (1%)

0 (0%)

2 (2%)

 

   Stage 1

84 (51%)

14 (30%)

70 (60%)

 

   Stage 2

12 (7%)

6 (13%)

6 (5%)

 

   Stage 3

29 (18%)

14 (29%)

15 (13%)

 

   Stage 4

38 (23%)

14 (29%)

24 (21%)

 

Cd4 count at diagnosis (cells/mm3)

   

0.517

   < 200

66 (40%)

21 (44%)

45 (39%)

 

   200-350

28 (17%)

8 (17%)

20 (17%)

 

   > 350

71 (43%)

19 (40%)

52 (44%)

 
  1. * χ 2 test of difference in proportion missed, P = 0.02. Otherwise non-significant. † Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.