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Table 1 Characteristics of People Living with HIV in Tajikistan, Stratified by Migrants and Non-Migrants

From: Association between time spent in the Russian Federation and late presentation for HIV among Tajikistani migrants

 

Non-Migrants

N = 9519

Migrants

N = 503

P-Value*

Region:

  

< 0.001

 Badakhshan

398 (4.18%)

98 (19.5%)

 

 DRS

1939 (20.4%)

103 (20.5%)

 

 Dushanbe

2430 (25.5%)

40 (7.95%)

 

 Khatlon

2667 (28.0%)

129 (25.6%)

 

 Sughd

2085 (21.9%)

133 (26.4%)

 

Age (mean)

37.2 (13.4)

39.6 (8.30)

< 0.001

Age (Categorical):

  

< 0.001

  < 18

1120 (11.8%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 18–24

247 (2.59%)

10 (1.99%)

 

 25–34

1991 (20.9%)

152 (30.2%)

 

 35–44

3324 (34.9%)

201 (40.0%)

 

 45–55

2175 (22.8%)

117 (23.3%)

 

 55<

662 (6.95%)

23 (4.57%)

 

Percent Female

40% (0.49)

16% (0.37)

< 0.001

Transmission Route:

 Heterosexual

4834 (50.8%)

406 (80.7%)

 

 Injection drug use

3219 (33.8%)

92 (18.3%)

 

 Male-to-Male Sexual

36 (0.38%)

4 (0.80%)

 

Relationship Status:

  

< 0.001

 Divorced

1048 (11.8%)

56 (11.5%)

 

 Married

4583 (51.7%)

344 (70.9%)

 

 Unmarried

2761 (31.1%)

60 (12.4%)

 

 Widowed

380 (4.29%)

17 (3.51%)

 

Education:

  

. < 0.001

 Elementary

180 (2.12%)

6 (1.25%)

 

 High school

6498 (76.4%)

353 (73.5%)

 

 None

815 (9.58%)

7 (1.46%)

 

 Specialized high school

416 (4.89%)

80 (16.7%)

 

 Unfinished high school

304 (3.57%)

5 (1.04%)

 

 Unfinished University

80 (0.94%)

8 (1.67%)

 

 University Degree

214 (2.52%)

21 (4.38%)

 

Employment:

  

< 0.001 .

 Employed

555 (5.83%)

86 (17.1%)

 

 Incarcerated

207 (2.17%)

1 (0.20%)

 

 Military

18 (0.19%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 None

8300 (87.2%)

413 (82.1%)

 

 Other

87 (0.91%)

1 (0.20%)

 

 Retired

26 (0.27%)

1 (0.20%)

 

 Student

308 (3.24%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 Student (higher education)

17 (0.18%)

1 (0.20%)

 

Ever had Male-to-Male Sexual Contact:

  

0.688

 No

5903 (98.4%)

415 (98.8%)

 

 Yes

94 (1.57%)

5 (1.19%)

 

Ever used Illicit Drugs:

  

< 0.001

 No

5942 (64.7%)

400 (79.7%)

 

 Yes

3240 (35.3%)

102 (20.3%)

 

Baseline_CD4 (mean)

390 (305)

340 (213)

< 0.001

Late Presentation (CD4 < 200) at Diagnosis:

  

0.505

 No

3900 (73.2%)

234 (71.3%)

 

 Yes

1429 (26.8%)

94 (28.7%)

 

Number of Sexual Partners in the Last 12 Months (mean)

2.29 (3.11)

3.05 (2.87)

< 0.001

Percent AntiHCV Positive

27% (0.44)

30% (0.46)

0.393

Percent TB Positive (Syndromic)

2% (0.14)

2% (0.15)

0.811

Percent HBsAg Positive

7% (0.26)

6% (0.25)

0.615

Ever Purchases Services of a Sex Worker:

  

< 0.001

 No

4392 (68.3%)

247 (50.7%)

 

 Yes

1827 (28.4%)

209 (42.9%)

 
  1. *For continuous variables that are normally distributed, a t-test is performed to calculate p-values. For continuous variables that are not normally distributed, MannWhitney U is performed. For categorical variables, p-values correspond to a Pearson Chi-Square test