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Table 2 History of HIV infection among study participants

From: A tale of two epidemics: gender differences in socio-demographic characteristics and sexual behaviors among HIV positive individuals in Mexico City

 

Women

Men

p-value*

 

(N = 167)

(N = 1,323)

 

Percentage [CI-95 %]

Presumed route of HIV infection

   

 Blood transfusion

6.98 [3.55,12.9]

1.53 [0.95,2.42]

<0.001

 Sharing syringes

1.55 [0.07,5.83]

0.51 [0.21,1.14]

 

 Sex without condom

84.5 [77.2,89.8]

82.5 [80.2,84.6]

 

 Condom failure

3.10 [0.95,7.97]

12.1 [10.3,14.1]

 

 I was forced to have sex

3.10 [0.95,7.97]

3.06 [2.21,4.22]

 

 I forced someone to have sex

0.78 [0.00,4.69]

0.34 [0.10,0.90]

 

 Infected by a stable partner

69.6 [61.0,77.0]

44.0 [41.0,46.9]

<0.001

Migrant/military/prison background of the person who infected you

   

 Military or police

18.7 [12.7,26.6]

3.77 [2.64,5.35]

<0.001

 Prison experience

16.8 [11.0,24.9]

3.42 [2.29,5.07]

<0.001

 Migrant to the USA

17.3 [11.3,25.5]

27.4 [24.1,31.1]

0.01

 Migrant, military or prison background

41.5 [33.1,50.3]

24.4 [21.6,27.4]

0.01

Reason for getting HIV test

   

 Unprotected sex

12.6 [8.13,18.9]

19.9 [17.7,22.2]

<0.001

 Tested while hospitalized

14.6 [9.76,21.1]

13.9 [12.0,15.9]

 

 Medical advice

12.6 [8.13,18.9]

18.2 [16.1,20.4]

 

 Requested by employer

0.66 [0.00,4.03]

1.62 [1.04,2.51]

 

 When donating blood

3.97 [1.65,8.59]

3.57 [2.66,4.77]

 

 HIV positive partner

25.8 [19.5,33.4]

15.5 [13.6,17.6]

 

 Shared injecting equipment

0.66 [0.00,4.03]

0.16 [0.00,0.63]

 

 Routine test (frequent tester)

1.32 [0.06,5.01]

7.54 [6.19,9.16]

 

 Other

19.9 [14.2,27.0]

19.7 [17.6,22.0]

 

 In pregnancy

7.95 [4.48,13.5]

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  1. Footnote: *Tests for differences in means or proportions. We used bivariate t-test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables to compare men and women