Table 1 Demographic and general characteristics of the study population (n = 252)
Sex (male/female) | 138/114 |
Median age (range), years | 39 (18–59) |
Ethnic group | |
Lao Loum | 239 (94.8%) |
Lao Theung | 5 (2.0%) |
Phou Thai | 2 (0.8%) |
Refused to answer | 6 (2.4%) |
Resident state | |
Permanent resident | 181 (71.8%) |
Migrant* | 71 (28.2%) |
Occupation | |
Farmer | 129 (51.2%) |
Merchant and company worker | 74 (29.4%) |
Government staff | 12 (4.7%) |
Student | 7 (2.8%) |
Unemployed | 9 (3.6%) |
Refused to answer | 21 (8.3%) |
Educational status | |
None | 13 (5.2%) |
Primary | 105 (41.7%) |
Secondary | 119 (47.2%) |
College | 1 (0.4%) |
Refused to answer | 14 (5.5%) |
Marital status | |
Single | 55 (21.8%) |
Married or living with partner | 127 (50.4%) |
Widowed or separated | 64 (25.4%) |
Refused to answer | 6 (2.4%) |
Infection route | |
Sexual intercourse | 239 (94.8%) |
Mother-to-child transmission | 5 (2.0%) |
Unknown | 8 (3.2%) |
Number of CD4-positive T cells (cells/μL) | |
< 200 | 43 (17.1%) |
≥ 200 | 156 (61.9%) |
No data | 53 (21.0%) |
HIV viral load (copies/mL) | |
< 250 | 146 (57.9%) |
≥ 250 | 12 (4.8%) |
No data | 94 (37.3%) |
History of tuberculosis | |
Positive | 89 (38.4%) |
Negative | 143 (61.6%) |