ART Initiation
No (n=874) Yes (n=759) Total (N=1633) P
Age (years) < 0.001
Mean (SD) 30.12 (8.89) 36.22 (10.38) 32.96 (10.08)
Range 16.00 - 67.00 16.00 - 93.00 16.000 - 93.00
Local Hukou < 0.001
No 564 (64.5%) 409 (53.9%) 973 (59.6%)
Yes 310 (35.5%) 350 (46.1%) 660 (40.4%)
Current marital status < 0.001
Never married 689 (78.8%) 464 (61.1%) 1153 (70.6%)
Married 129 (14.8%) 164 (21.6%) 293 (17.9%)
Divorced 53 (6.1%) 118 (15.5%) 171 (10.5%)
Widowed 3 (0.3%) 13 (1.7%) 16 (1.0%)
Education < 0.001
Primary school 14 (1.6%) 18 (2.4%) 32 (2.0%)
Middle school 86 (9.8%) 121 (15.9%) 207 (12.7%)
High school/profe- ssional school 230 (26.3%) 246 (32.4%) 476 (29.1%)
College and above 544 (62.2%) 374 (49.3%) 918 (56.2%)
Ethnicity 0.011
Han 844 (96.6%) 748 (98.6%) 1592 (97.5%)
Other 30 (3.4%) 11 (1.4%) 41 (2.5%)
Monthly income
< 1000 103 (11.8%) 95 (12.5%) 198 (12.1%)
1000 ~ 2999 180 (20.6%) 226 (29.8%) 406 (24.9%)
3000 ~ 4999 312 (35.7%) 271 (35.7%) 583 (35.7%)
≥ 5000 279 (31.9%) 167 (22.0%) 446 (27.3%)
Employed 0.042
No 858 (98.2%) 733 (96.6%) 1591 (97.4%)
Yes 16 (1.8%) 26 (3.4%) 42 (2.6%)
Retired 0.006
No 862 (98.6%) 733 (96.6%) 1595 (97.7%)
Yes 12 (1.4%) 26 (3.4%) 38 (2.3%)
Depression 0.003
Mean (SD) 7.93 (7.36) 6.84 (7.10) 7.42 (7.26)
Range 0 - 36 0 - 35 0 - 36
HCV 0.791
No 867 (99.2%) 752 (99.1%) 1619 (99.1%)
Yes 7 (0.8%) 7 (0.9%) 14 (0.9%)
CD4 level 0.357
Mean (SD) 391.46 (178.89) 399.77 (184.85) 395.32 (181.68)
Range 4 - 1380 21 - 1600 4 - 1600
Condomless anal sex
(past 12 months)
< .001
No 235 (26.9%) 380 (50.1%) 615 (37.7%)
Yes 639 (73.1%) 379 (49.9%) 1018 (62.3%)
Numbers of Sex partner
(past 12 months)
< .001
0 14 (1.6%) 49 (6.5%) 63 (3.9%)
1 260 (29.7%) 361 (47.6%) 621 (38.0%)
2-4 403 (46.1%) 256 (33.7%) 659 (40.4%)
5-7 112 (12.8%) 49 (6.5%) 161 (9.9%)
8-9 42 (4.8%) 21 (2.8%) 63 (3.9%)
≥ 10 43 (4.9%) 23 (3.0%) 66 (4.0%)