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Table 1 Population characteristics of the 4402 of newly diagnosed people living with HIV/AIDS in Iran (1987–2016) stratified by late and early diagnosis

From: Identifying risk factors for late HIV diagnosis and survival analysis of people living with HIV/AIDS in Iran (1987–2016)

Variable

Late Diagnosis (CD4 < 350a)

Early Diagnosis (CD4 > 350)

Total

N

%

N

%

N

All

2564

58.2

1838

41.8

4402

Age (year)

 < 30

603

41.7

842

58.3

1445

 30–40

1167

62.9

689

37.1

1856

 40–50

551

70.3

233

29.7

784

 > 50

243

76.7

74

23.3

317

Sex

 Female

705

51.4

667

48.6

1372

 Male

1859

61.4

1171

38.6

3030

Marital Status

 Single

774

54.2

655

45.8

1429

 Married

1263

59.2

870

40.8

2133

 Widow

314

61.8

194

38.2

508

 Divorce

168

63.4

97

36.6

265

 Unknown

45

67.2

22

32.8

67

Education

 Illiterate

201

63.0

118

37.0

319

 Primary School

617

60.5

403

39.5

1020

 Secondary School

713

56.5

548

43.5

1261

 High School

522

56.8

379

43.2

919

 Academic

151

55.1

123

44.9

274

 Unknown

360

59.1

249

40.9

609

Job

 Employed

884

58.1

637

41.9

1521

 Unemployed

1009

58.0

731

42.0

1740

 Unknown

671

58.8

470

41.2

1141

Transmission Way

 Mother to child’s

37

30.3

85

69.7

122

 Injecting drug user

1290

61.3

814

38.7

2104

 Unprotected sexual

878

53.3

768

46.7

1646

 Blood transfusion

11

78.5

4

21.5

14

 Unknown

298

57.8

218

42.2

516

WHO Clinical Stage

 Stage 1

897

44.9

1100

55.1

1997

 Stage 2

371

62.5

223

37.5

594

 Stage 3

489

85.0

86

15.0

575

 Stage 4

331

89.0

41

11.0

372

 Unknown

476

55.1

388

44.9

864

Year of HIV Diagnosis

 Before 2006

229

43.2

301

56.8

530

 2006–2011

862

62.1

526

37.9

1388

 After 2011

1473

59.3

1011

40.7

2484

TB co-infection

 No

2374

57.3

1768

42.7

4142

 Yes

190

73.1

70

26.9

260

  1. aCD4 cell count < 350 cells/mm3 within 91 days of diagnosis