Table 2 Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants

Age (mean)

38.50

39.45

32.94

 Females

37.11

38.24

30.55

 Males

62.89

61.76

69.45

 Black

5.75

5.85

5.17

 Mulatto

76.96

77.07

76.29

 White

12.86

12.44

15.31

 Asian

1.83

1.95

1.12

 Indigenous

2.60

2.68

2.11

 Illiterate

0.50

0.49

0.58

 Incomplete primary education

23.38

24.39

17.48

 Complete primary education

7.71

8.05

5.75

 Incomplete secondary education

8.02

7.80

9.29

 Complete secondary education

38.26

38.05

39.50

 Incomplete tertiary education

9.75

9.27

12.59

 Complete tertiary education

9.98

9.51

12.74

 Graduate education

2.38

2.44

2.06

 Never married

55.01

54.15

60.08

 Married

14.85

15.85

8.96

 Divorced/separated

3.21

3.17

3.45

 Widow(er)

4.00

4.39

1.73

 Lives with partner (but not married)

22.93

22.44

25.79

 Heterosexual

67.64

70.17

52.82

 Homosexual

22.48

20.78

32.40

 Bisexual

9.88

9.05

14.77

 Employed

32.52

31.22

40.12

 Self-employed

16.50

16.59

15.97

 Unemployed with no source of income

27.05

25.61

35.50

 Unemployed with some financial support

14.98

16.34

0.7

 Retired

8.96

10.24

1.4

 Mean monthly income

1314.67

1315.85

1306.72

 Manaus

85.53

83.66

96.53

 Outside of Manaus

14.47

16.34

3.47

Patient’s first CD4 count (%)

n = 713

n = 344

n = 369

 CD4 equal to 200/mm3 or greater

62.91

60.17

77.73

 CD4 less than 200/mm3

37.09

39.83

22.27

First CD4 count (mean)

342.08

329.19

411.97

Viral load in last blood exam (%)

n = 678

n = 338

n = 340

 Viral load equal to 1000/mL or less

76.8

76.33

79.54

 Viral load over 1000/mL

23.2

23.67

20.46