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Table 2 The comparison of the sociodemographic data of the subjects in Estonian HIV Cohort Study (E-HIV) diagnosed with HIV from 2000 to 2015 according to the HCV status

From: Dynamics of hepatitis C epidemic among people living with HIV in Estonia based on Estonian HIV cohort study

 

HIV+/HCV+ (N = 2706)

HIV+/HCV− (N = 1002)

p-value

Age at HIV diagnosis (median, IQR)

24 (20–29)

31 (24–41)

 < 0.001

Sex (n,%)

   

 Male

1907 (70.47)

467 (46.61)

 < 0.001

 Female

799 (29.53)

535 (53.39)

 

HIV transmission route (n,%)

   

 IVDU

1748 (64.60)

62 (6.19)

 < 0.001

 MSM

3 (0.11)

23 (2.30)

 

 Heterosexual

647 (23.91)

773 (77.15)

 

 Undetermined or missing

308 (11.38)

144 (14.37)

 

Year of HIV diagnosis (n,%)

   

 2000–2008

1929 (71.29)

381 (38.02)

 < 0.001

 2009–2015

777 (28.71)

621 (61.98)

 

HIV VL in Log10 at HIV diagnosis (median, IQR) copies/ml

4.68 (3.88–5.21)

4.74 (3.98–5.40)

 < 0.001

CD4+ count at HIV diagnosis (median, IQR) cells/mkl

334 (190–510)

321 (190–492)

0.247

  1. Data are given as number (%) of patients; percentages may not always equal 100% because of rounding errors
  2. IQR interquartile range, MSM men having sex with men, PWID people who inject drugs, VL viral load