Table 2 Actual baseline characteristics of patients of the KompNet cohort actually under follow up, by sex
From: The patient cohort of the German competence network for HIV/AIDS (KompNet):a profile
male | Sex female | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number | |||
absolute1 | 6,976 | 1,241 | |
% | 84.9 | 15.1 | |
Mean age (years, IQR) | 46 (40-52) | 43 (36-48) | < 0.001 |
Mean age at HIV-diagnosis (years, IQR) | 36 (29-41) | 32 (25-37) | < 0.001 |
Mean age at first documented date (years, IQR)2 | 39 (32-44) | 36 (29-41) | < 0.001 |
Mean age at start of initial therapy (years, IQR, N = 3,119) | 40 (33-46) | 36 (29-41) | < 0.001 |
Highest vocational degree (N = 6,316) | < 0.001 | ||
Vocational training | 42.7 | 38.4 | |
Technical school | 20.9 | 16.1 | |
University | 26.4 | 13.8 | |
No vocational degree | 7.7 | 28.1 | |
Other | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
Vocational situation (N = 7,011) | < 0.001 | ||
Fully employed (> 34 h/week) | 50.7 | 26.6 | |
Part time work (15-34 h/week) | 6.4 | 16.0 | |
Employment by the hour (< 15 h/week) | 3.5 | 5.8 | |
Not employed | 37.0 | 49.5 | |
Other | 2.4 | 2.1 | |
Mean number of CD4-cell count at start of therapy | 292 (159-389) | 315 (155-423) | 0.07 |
Mean HIV RNA copies at start of therapy (log, IQR)3 | 4.2 (3.4-5.2) | 3.9 (3.0-4.9) | 0.001 |
Mean number of CD4-cell count in actually treated patients (IQR) | 538 (348-683) | 518 (334-669) | 0.06 |
Proportion of patients having viral load < detection limit in actually treated patients (%) | 78.6 | 76.3 | 0.1 |
Mean duration between first positive HIV-diagnosis and start of initial cART (years, IQR) | 3.3 (0.2-4.7) | 3.7 (0.2-5.6) | 0.06 |