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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with AIDS according to TB–HIV co-infection, São Paulo State, 2003 to 2014

From: Mortality and survival of tuberculosis coinfected patients living with AIDS in São Paulo, Brazil: a 12-year cohort study

Characteristics

TB–HIV co-infection

Total (n = 35,515)

N (%)

p-value+

No (n = 30,934)

N (%)

Yes (n = 4581)

N (%)

Region of residence

< 0.001

 SPC

10,961 (35.4)

1919 (41.9)

12,880 (36.3)

 

 GSPRa

4798 (15.5)

788 (17.2)

5586 (15.7)

 

 SPCA

1720 (5.6)

365 (8.0)

2085 (5.9)

 

 ISPS

13,455 (43.5)

1509 (32.9)

14,964 (42.1)

 

Sex

< 0.001

 Male

18,964 (61.3)

3403 (74.3)

22,367 (63.0)

 

 Female

11,970 (38.7)

1178 (25.7)

13,148 (37.0)

 

Age group (years)

< 0.001

 13 to 29

7378 (23.9)

824 (18.0)

8202 (23.1)

 

 30 to 49

19,735 (63.8)

3228 (70.5)

22,963 (64.7)

 

 ≥ 50

3821 (12.4)

529 (11.5)

4350 (12.2)

 

Education (years of schooling)*

< 0.001

 Illiterate

577 (2.3)

106 (3.0)

683 (2.4)

 

 1 to 3

2985 (11.7)

528 (14.8)

3513 (12.1)

 

 4 to 7

9464 (37.2)

1601 (45.0)

11,065 (38.2)

 

 8 to 11

9538 (37.5)

1105 (31.1)

10,643 (36.7)

 

 ≥ 12

2849 (11.2)

216 (6.1)

3065 (10.6)

 

Race/skin color**

< 0.001

 White

17,197 (65.4)

2215 (57.5)

19,412 (64.4)

 

 Black

6372 (24.2)

1056 (27.4)

7428 (24.6)

 

 Mixed race/black

2,567 (9.8)

558 (14.5)

3125 (10.4)

 

 Yellow

129 (0.5)

18 (0.5)

147 (0.5)

 

 Indigenous

33 (0.1)

7 (0.2)

40 (0.1)

 

Area of residence***

0.001

 Urban

29,288 (97.3)

4267 (96.5)

33,555 (97.2)

 

 Rural

658 (2.2)

114 (2.6)

772 (2.2)

 

 Periurban

161 (0.5)

42 (0.9)

203 (0.6)

 

Year of AIDS diagnosis

< 0.001

 2003

7246 (23.4)

1268 (27.7)

8514 (24.0)

 

 2004

6235 (20.2)

985 (21.5)

7220 (20.3)

 

 2005

6213 (20.1)

884 (19.3)

7097 (20.0)

 

 2006

5745 (18.6)

761 (16.6)

6506 (18.3)

 

 2007

5495 (17.8)

683 (14.9)

6178 (17.4)

 

Exposure category

< 0.001

 MSM

6448 (23.0)

712 (18.2)

7160 (22.4)

 

 Heterosexual

18,599 (66.4)

2379 (60.9)

20,978 (65.7)

 

 IDU

2751 (9.8)

788 (20.2)

3539 (11.1)

 

CD4 (cells/mm3)*****

< 0.001

 < 200

9530 (35.9)

1698 (50.8)

11,228 (37.6)

 

 200–349

10,244 (38.6)

954 (28.5)

11,198 (37.5)

 

 350–499

3194 (12.0)

339 (10.1)

3533 (11.8)

 

 ≥ 500

3543 (13.4)

353 (10.6)

3896 (13.0)

 

Viral load******

< 0.001

 ≤ 500

3467 (14.2)

512 (16.9)

3979 (14.5)

 

 > 500

20,864 (85.8)

2517 (83.1)

23,381 (85.5)

 

ARV regimenb

< 0.001

 No ARV

8235 (26.6)

1838 (40.1)

10,073 (28.4)

 

 Pre-HAART

27 (0.1)

1 (0.0)

28 (0.1)

 

 HAART1

21,584 (69.8)

2604 (56.8)

24,188 (68.1)

 

 HAART2

1088 (3.5)

138 (3.0)

1226 (3.5)

 
  1. MSM: Men who have sex with men, IDU: Injection drug user; SPC: São Paulo City (Capital); GSPR: Greater São Paulo Region, excluding the capital; SPCA: São Paulo State Coastal Area; ISSP: Interior São Paulo State
  2. Total number of AIDS records ignored for the variable: *6546; **4636; ***827; ****2926; *****4423; ******6603
  3. Total number of TB–HIV records ignored for the variable: *1025; **727; ***158; ****677; *****1237; ******1552
  4. +Pearson’s Chi-squared
  5. aExcluding São Paulo City
  6. bUse of the more complex regimen