Table 1 Characteristics of newly diagnosed HIV-infected cases with confirmed entry into care, San Francisco Department of Public Health, July 2006 to June 2007 (N = 160)
|
Confirmed (n = 126) |
Not in care or unknown care status (n = 34) | P value |
Univariate OR | P value |
Multivariate OR | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 117 (93%) | 34 (100%) | NS | 0.30 (0.04 – 2.56) | 0.28 | ||
| Women | 9 (7%) | 0 | NS | ||||
| Self-reported sexual orientation | |||||||
| Men who have sex with men | 93 (74%) | 31 (91%) | 0.05 | 0.22 (0.07 – 0.66) | <0.01 | ||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 61 (48%) | 13 (38%) | NS | ||||
| Black | 22 (17%) | 7 (21%) | NS | 1.22 (0.48 – 3.11) | 0.68 | ||
| Hispanic | 30 (23%) | 8 (24%) | NS | 1.14 (0.49 – 2.64) | 0.76 | ||
| Asian | 7 (6%) | 4 (12%) | NS | 0.81 (0.22 – 3.02) | 0.76 | ||
| Age categories | |||||||
| Less or equal to 25 years | 22 (17%) | 12 (35%) | NS | ||||
| 26 to 35 years | 39 (31%) | 11 (32%) | NS | 1.32 (0.53 – 3.27) | 0.56 | ||
| 36 to 45 years | 45 (36%) | 7 (21%) | NS | 1.68 (0.67 – 4.23) | 0.27 | ||
| Older than 45 years | 20 (16%) | 4 (12%) | NS | 1.86 (0.59 – 5.89) | 0.29 | ||
| Site of diagnosis | |||||||
| Municipal STD clinic | 74 (59%) | 32 (94%) | <0.01 | ||||
| County hospital | 37 (29%) | 0 | <0.001 | 27.6 (3.64 – 208.84) | 0.001 | 101.71 (5.29 – 1952.05) | <0.001 |
| Community clinics | 12 (10%) | 1 (3%) | NS | 9.2 (1.15 – 73.34) | 0.04 | 18.53 (0.75 – 457.98) | 0.07 |
| Other | 3 (2%) | 1 (3%) | NS | 2.3 (0.23 – 22.84) | 0.48 | ||
| Initial CD4 T cell count | |||||||
| Less or equal to 200 | 30 (19%) | NA | NA | ||||
| Between 200 and 500 | 21 (13%) | NA | NA | 7.05 (2.80 – 17.71) | <0.001 | 5.99 (1.75 – 20.44) | <0.01 |
| Higher than 500 | 66 (48%) | NA | NA | 13 (3.66 – 46.15) | <0.001 | 7.61 (1.71 – 33.75) | |
| Interviewed by the SFDPH | 88 (70%) | 33 (97%) | NS | 1.86 (0.87 – 3.94) | 0.11 | 18.86 (1.83 – 194.80) | 0.001 |
| First primary care visit within 3 months of diagnosis | 111 (88%) | NA | NA | 20.88 (8.85 – 49.25) | <0.001 | 7.44 (2.45 – 22.57) | <0.001 |
