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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of transgender women living with HIV enrolled in the Trans Amigas cohort (n = 113)

From: Correlation between gender-based violence and poor treatment outcomes among transgender women living with HIV in Brazil

Baseline Characteristics

n (%)

Median age (Interquartile Range [IQR])

30 (25–39)

Earnings in the lowest quintile (≤ 800 BRL per month)

34 (30.1)

Completed secondary school

40 (35.4)

Hazardous alcohol consumption

69 (61.1)

Race / Ethnicity

 

 White

36 (31.9)

 Black

13 (11.5)

 Mixed race (parda)

54 (47.8)

 Asian (amarela)

2 (1.8)

 Indigenous

8 (7.1)

Drug use in the past six months

75 (66.4)

Unstable housing

18 (15.9)

Lifetime incarceration

32 (28.3)

Median social support score (IQR)

18 (14–23)

Intervention arm (vs. control)

75 (66.4)

Lifetime physical violence

70 (61.9)

Lifetime sexual violence

51 (45.1)

Summary lifetime violence

 

 No physical or sexual violence

37 (32.7)

 Physical or sexual violence

31 (27.4)

 Both physical and sexual violence

45 (39.8)