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Table 1 LTFU rate and HIV incidence among FSWs stratified by demographic and behavioral characteristics at enrollment

From: Loss to follow-up and HIV incidence in female sex workers in Kaiyuan, Yunnan Province China: a nine year longitudinal study

Variables at enrollment

N

%

LTFU

HIV acquisition

   

n

PYs

rate (95 % CI) per 100 PYs

n

PYs

rate (95 % CI) per 100 PYs

ALL

1158

100.0

950

3199.8

29.69(27.85–31.62)

33

3105.7

1.06 (0.74–1.47)

Year of enrollment

 2006–2007

649

56.1

555

2084.6

26.62 (24.48–28.91)

23

2015.9

1.14 (0.74–1.68)

 2008–2009

334

28.8

271

844.8

32.08 (28.43–36.07)

6

825.2

0.73 (0.30–1.50)

 2010–2011

92

7.9

76

177.6

42.77 (33.94–53.22)

4

171.8

2.33 (0.78–5.54)

 2012–2013

83

7.2

48

92.8

51.72 (38.59–67.96)

0

92.8

0 (0–2.66)

Race

 Han

808

69.8

661

2259.6

29.25 (27.09–31.55)

22

2200

1.00 (0.64–1.49)

 Minority

350

30.2

289

940.2

30.74 (27.34–34.44)

11

905.7

1.21 (0.64–2.10)

Age

  ≤ 25 years

594

51.3

531

1408.6

37.70 (34.59–41.01)

14

1372.4

1.02 (0.58–1.67)

  > 25 years

564

48.7

419

1791.2

23.39 (21.23–25.71)

19

1733.3

1.10 (0.68–1.67)

Marital status

 Married/cohabiting

454

39.2

358

1271.4

28.55 (25.73–31.6)

12

1239.7

0.97 (0.53–1.64)

 Unmarried/divorced/widowed

704

60.8

592

1928.4

30.44 (28.05–32.98)

21

1866

1.13 (0.72–1.69)

Education

  ≤ 9 years

998

86.2

820

2749.6

29.82 (27.83–31.92)

27

2667.3

1.37 (0.68–1.45)

  > 9 years

160

13.8

130

450.2

28.87 (24.23–34.17)

6

438.4

1.10 (0.57–2.82)

Census registration

 Local

322

27.8

232

1031.0

22.50 (19.74–25.54)

11

1001.9

1.1 (0.58–1.9)

 Other city

836

72.2

718

2168.8

33.10 (30.75–35.59)

22

2103.8

1.04 (0.67–1.55)

Charge

 Low

724

62.5

578

2127.4

27.17 (25.02–29.45)

26

2051.9

1.27 (0.85–1.83)

 High

424

36.6

363

1048.4

34.62 (31.2–38.32)

7

1029.8

0.68 (0.3–1.33)

 missing

10

0.9

9

24.0

-

0

23.8

-

Duration of sex work

  ≤ 3 years

701

60.5

628

1571.7

39.96 (36.92–43.17)

12

1540.2

0.78 (0.42–1.32)

  > 3 years

451

38.9

316

1624.8

19.45 (17.39–21.68)

21

1562.1

1.34 (0.86–2.02)

 missing

6

0.5

6

3.3

-

0

3.4

 

Number of clients per month

  ≤ 30

1002

86.5

829

2718.8

30.49 (28.47–32.62)

23

2666.5

0.81 (0.44–1.38)

  > 30

143

12.3

110

446.8

24.62 (20.33–29.55)

10

404.9

2.51 (1.29–4.45)

 missing

13

1.1

11

34.2

-

0

 

-

Condom use

 Never/Sometimes

142

12.3

102

503.6

20.25 (16.6–24.48)

11

458.6

2.40 (1.27–4.15)

 Always

1016

87.7

848

2696.2

31.45 (29.39–33.62)

22

2647.1

0.83 (0.54–1.24)

Drug use

 No

972

83.9

828

2528.4

32.71 (30.54–35)

20

2461.6

0.81 (0.51–1.23)

 Yes

186

16.1

122

671.4

18.17 (15.16–21.61)

13

643.5

2.02 (1.13–3.36)

Alcohol use

 No

400

34.5

314

1109.3

28.32 (25.32–31.58)

14

1061.2

1.32 (0.76–2.15)

 Yes

758

65.5

635

2090.5

30.37 (28.08–32.81)

19

2044

0.93 (0.58–1.42)

HSV-2 status

 Negative

475

41.0

411

1140.5

36.04 (32.68–39.65)

6

1124.1

0.53 (0.22–1.1)

 Positive

683

59.0

539

2059.3

26.17 (24.03–28.45)

27

1981.6

1.36 (0.92–1.95)

Syphilis status

 Negative

1072

92.6

886

2931.1

30.23 (28.29–32.27)

27

2869.1

0.94 (0.63–1.35)

 Positive

86

7.4

64

268.7

23.82 (18.5–30.21)

6

236.6

2.54 (1.05–5.23)

  1. Abbreviations: LTFU loss to follow-up, PYs person years, HSV-2 herpes simplex virus type-2