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Table 1 Comparison of demographics, select comorbidities, and outpatient visit characteristics in patients with HIV/HCV, HIV, and HCV

From: Differences in outpatient care and treatment utilization for patients with HIV/HCV coinfection, HIV, and HCV monoinfection, a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

HIV/HCV coinfection

HIV monoinfection

HCV monoinfection

P-value

No. of Unweighted Observations

200

1992

829

 

No. of Visits in 1000s (95% CI)

859 (422–1296)

7,926 (4,772–11081)

2,567 (1658–3476)

<0.001

Proportion of Study Visits

8%

70%

22%

 

Patient demographics

-

-

-

 

Age (years), mean (95% CI)

46.4 (43.1–49.7)

42.9 (41.6–44.2)

50.4 (49.0–51.9)

<0.001

Gender

-

-

-

<0.001

 Male (%)

64

68

59

-

 Female (%)

36

32

41

-

Race/ethnicity (%)

-

-

-

<0.001

 White

31

25

56

-

 African-American

49

50

29

-

 Hispanic

18

23

11

-

 Other

1

2

4

-

Geographic region (%)

-

-

-

<0.001

 Northeast

30

26

28

-

 Midwest

11

18

9

-

 West

7

12

10

-

 South

52

43

53

-

Insurance status (%)

-

-

-

0.051

 Private

4

16

23

-

 Medicare

20

16

14

-

 Medicaid

45

43

31

-

 Other/unknown

11

11

10

-

 Self-pay

3

4

8

-

 No Charge

17

9

14

-

Comorbidities

-

-

-

-

Chronic Renal Failure (%)

<1

3

5

<0.001

Depression (%)

32

23

24

<0.001

Diabetes (%)

9

10

17

<0.001

Current Tobacco Use (%)

-

-

-

<0.001

 Yes

40

27

30

-

 No

28

28

38

-

 Unknown

32

45

32

-

Visit characteristics

-

-

-

-

Established Patient (%)

94

93

83

<0.001

Patient’s Primary Care Physician/Provider (%)

-

-

-

<0.001

 Yes

48

36

35

-

 No

49

58

60

-

 Unknown

3

6

5

-

Providers Seen (%)

-

-

-

-

 Physician

81

79

80

0.5

 RN/LPN

63

64

54

<0.001

 Nurse practitioner/midwife

14

13

14

0.2

 Physician assistant

4

4

4

0.6

 Other

23

25

20

<0.001