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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)
| 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 |
