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Table 1 Social demographic and characteristics of patients, pre- and post-implementation of a “Treatment as Prevention” strategy for HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Hangzhou

From: Reduction in HIV community viral loads following the implementation of a “Treatment as Prevention” strategy over 2 years at a population-level among men who have sex with men in Hangzhou, China

Variables

N (%)

Before implementation (2014) (%)

After implementation (2016) (%)

Univariate

Multivariate

χ2

P-value

AOR(95% CI)

Marital status

   

8.12

0.017

 

 Single

628(66.1)

307(62.7)

321(71.3)

   

 Married/cohabitation

141(14.8)

81(16.5)

60(13.3)

   

 Divorced/separated

171(18.0)

102(20.8)

69(15.3)

   

Ethnicity

   

0.01

0.946

 

 Han

923(97.2)

481(98.2)

442(98.2)

   

 Minority

17(1.8)

9(1.8)

8(1.8)

   

Education

   

18.70

<0.001

 

 Junior high school and below

266(28.0)

161(32.9)

105(23.3)

  

1.00

 High school and junior college

258(27.2)

144(29.4)

114(25.3)

  

1.20(0.85–1.71)

 College

416(43.8)

185(37.8)

231(51.3)

  

1.89(1.38–2.60)

Age, years

   

2.98

0.395

 

 < 25

267(28.1)

131(26.7)

136(30.2)

   

 25–29

250(26.3)

126(25.7)

124(27.6)

   

 30–39

260(27.4)

141(28.8)

119(26.4)

   

 ≥ 40

163(17.2)

92(18.8)

71(15.8)

   

Follow-up

   

1.42

0.233

 

 Yes

841(88.5)

444(90.6)

397(88.2)

   

 No

99(10.4)

46(9.4)

53(11.8)

   

CD4 count (cells/μL)

   

11.33

0.010

 

 0–199

81(8.5)

53(10.9)

28(5.9)

  

1.00

 200–349

237(24.9)

129(26.5)

108(22.6)

  

1.58(0.93–2.68)

 350–499

286(30.1)

153(31.4)

133(27.9)

  

1.67(0.99–2.81)

 ≥ 500

330(34.7)

152(31.2)

178(37.3)

  

2.16(1.30–3.61)

Registered residence

      

 Local

771(81.2)

407(83.1)

364(80.9)

0.75

0.386

 

 Nonlocal

169(17.8)

73(16.9)

86(19.1)

   

ART

   

113.33

<0.001

 Yes

627(66.7)

250(51.0)

377(83.8)

   

 No

313(33.3)

240(49.0)

73(16.2)

   
  1. * Pre- and post-implementation, 3 patients were deficient in CD4 count
  2. Acronyms: χ2 chi squared test, AOR, adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval