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Table 1 Participants’ socio-demographics, sexual and clinical characteristics by treatment status

From: Awareness of HIV functional cure and willingness in participating in related clinical trials: comparison between antiretroviral naïve and experienced men who have sex with men living with HIV

 

Treatment-naïve

(n = 153)

Treatment-experienced

(n = 203)

Totala

(N = 356)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age group (median = 37, IQR = 29–47)

    

 16–29

74

48.4

23

11.5

97

27.5

 30–39

47

30.7

60

30.0

107

30.3

 40–49

17

11.1

59

29.5

76

21.5

 50 or over

15

9.8

58

29.0

73

20.7

Education level

    

 Secondary or below

50

33.6

65

32.0

115

32.3

 Post-secondary or above

103

67.3

138

68.0

241

67.7

Employment status

     

 Full-time/self-employed

109

71.2

148

77.9

257

74.9

 Part-time/freelancer

14

9.2

120

10.5

34

9.9

 Student

12

7.8

0

0

12

3.5

 Others

18

11.7

22

11.6

40

11.7

STI history in the past year

     

 No

116

75.8

136

68.3

252

71.6

 Yes

37

24.2

63

31.7

100

28.4

Sexual activity after HIV diagnosis

     

 No

103

67.3

31

15.6

134

38.1

 Yes

50

32.7

168

84.4

218

61.9

Engagement in chemsex in the past year

    

 No

76

49.7

116

60.7

192

55.8

 Yes

77

50.3

75

39.3

152

44.2

Age at HIV diagnosis (median = 31, IQR = 26–38)

    

 16–29

78

51.0

74

37.0

152

43.1

 30–39

43

28.1

79

39.5

122

34.6

 40–49

17

11.1

39

19.5

56

15.9

 50 or over

15

9.8

8

4.0

23

6.5

History of AIDS

      

 No

142

92.8

176

86.7

318

89.3

 Yes

11

7.2

27

13.3

38

10.7

CD4 cell count (cells/uL)

    

 ≥ 500

25

16.3

158

77.8

183

51.4

 < 500

128

83.7

45

22.2

173

48.6

HIV viral load (copies/mL)

     

 < 20

2

1.3

180

89.6

182

51.4

 20–999

5

3.3

18

9.0

23

6.5

 1000–99,999

71

46.4

2

1.0

73

20.6

 ≥ 100,000

75

49.0

1

0.5

76

21.5

  1. STI sexually transmitted infections, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, MSM men who have sex with men, AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  2. aTotal number for each variable may not add up to N = 356 due to missing data