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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the 196 patients compared with 5304 patients in Amsterdam in follow-up at the end of 2007 in the ATHENA cohort (database of the Stichting HIV Monitoring)

From: HIV-infected mental health patients: characteristics and comparison with HIV-infected patients from the general population and non-infected mental health patients

 

Amsterdam-Clinic

 

Amsterdam-ATHENA

 

N or mean

Valid% or range *

N or mean

Valid% or range

p value

Age at intake

42 (± 8.8)

(18–65)

43.8 (± 10.6)

(1–81.9)

p = 0.03

Age at HIV diagnosis

35 (± 8.8)

(15–64)

35.5 (± 10.2)

(0–81.5)

p = 0.6

Male

172

87.7%

4380

79.6%

p = 0.06

Homosexual men

148

77.5%

3437

64.8%

p = 0.002

Has a partner

91

48.9%

   

Has a paid day job (>12 hr/week)

112

60.2%

   

Has a psychiatric history

128

68.4%

   

Has a Dutch origin

143

74.1%

2886

54.4%

p < 0.0001

Drug used past 30 days

75

43.4%

   

Cannabis

45

26.3%

   

Ecstasy, speed, cocaine

46

26.9%

   

Heroin, LSD

2

1.2%

   

Education

     

Basic

13

7.2%

   

Intermediate

94

52.2%

   

High

73

40.6%

   

Years of HIV

7.0 (± 6.3)

(0–25)

8.3 (± 6.0)

(0–26.5)

p < 0.001

0 – 1

30

15.8%

436

8.3%

p < 0.001

1 – 5

65

34.2%

1458

27.9%

 

5 – 10

43

22.6%

1432

27.3%

 

> 10

52

27.4%

1910

36.5%

 

CD4 cells/mm3

488 (± 234.7)

(20–1300)

522 (± 258)

(0–2150)

p = 0.1

0 – 200

11

7.0%

332

7.5%

p = 0.004

201 – 500

93

58.9%

2014

45.7%

 

> 500

54

34.2%

2060

46.8%

 

Is on antiviral treatment

132

68.8%

4119

77.7%

p = 0.004

  1. * Due to missing values, the N varied from 158 (CD4 count) to 196 in the clinic and from 4406 (CD4 count) to 5304 in the ATHENA cohort.