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Table 1 Recruitment and sociodemographic characteristics of patients being under follow-up at the respective year since enrolment, 2004-2008, by year (N = 9,410)

From: Epidemiological composition, clinical and treatment characteristics of the patient cohort of the german competence network for HIV/AIDS

 

Year

 

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

No. of newly recruited patients1

1,991

3,966

2,531

876

46

   Proportion of men (%)

84.5

85.4

85.6

83.3

91.3

   Mean duration since first positive HIV

8.0

8,2

7,2

5,5

4,4

   diagnosis to enrolment (years, IQR)

(3.1-12.0)

(2.9-12.4)

(1.9-10.9)

(0.5-9.0)

(0.5-7.6)

No. of patients followed up prospectively

1,991

5,952

8,395

8,886

8,367

   Proportion of men (%)

84.5

85.1

85.2

85.1

84.8

   Proportion of deaths (%)

0

0.3

0.7

0.8

0.3

   Proportion of losses to follow up (%)

0

1.1

3.8

5.5

1.4

   Proportion of patients treated at

     

Clinics (%)

58.9

33.4

26.7

26.6

26.5

Private practices (%)

41.1

66.6

73.3

73.4

73.5

   Mean age at enrolment

     

Men (years, IQR)2

45.2

(37.6-51.6)

43.8

(37.2-49.1)

42.3

(36.5-47.5)

41.3

(34.9-46.3)

43.5

(38.4-48.3)

Women (years, IQR)

41.4

(33.5-46.9)

40.0

(32.8-44.6)

39.5

(32.7-44.5)

39.2

(31.9-45.9)

31.6

(21.5-41.7)

   Vocational situation of male patients

     

Fully employed (> 34 h/week)

18.3

38.3

40.6

41.4

42.8

Part time work (15-34 h/week)

0.5

4.2

5.0

5.4

5.3

Work by the hour (< 15 h/week)

0.3

2.4

2.6

2.7

2.8

Not employed

10.8

33.9

33.5

32.2

31.3

Other

0.9

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.7

Not known

69.2

20.1

17.3

17.3

16.1

   Vocational situation of female patients

     

Fully employed (> 34 h/week)

9.1

17.9

18.7

20.3

21.0

Part time work (15-34 h/week)

2.0

11.3

12.9

13.1

13.9

Work by the hour (< 15 h/week)

0

3.9

4.6

4.3

4.9

Not employed

14.1

45.4

43.2

43.7

42.4

Other

1.0

2.1

1.9

1.2

1.8

Not known

73.8

19.4

18.7

17.4

16.0

  1. 1Low number of newly recruited patients in 2008 due to a recruitment stop in 2008.
  2. 2IQR: Inter Quartile Range (25%-75%).