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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 3708 participants of Women Interagency HIV Study, stratified by HIV status at baseline

From: Longitudinal determinants of anal intercourse among women with, and without HIV in the United States

  

Total

N (%) or median (IQR)

WLHIV

N (%) or median (IQR)

Women without HIV

N (%) or median (IQR)

 

TOTAL

N = 3708

N = 2704

N = 1004

Years of follow-up

Median (IQR)

9.0 (3.0–16.5)

8.0 (3.0–16.5)

13.0 (3.0–17.5)

Recruitment wave

First (1994)

1717 (46.3%)

1325 (49.0%)

392 (39.0%)

 

Second (2001–02)

884 (22.8%)

547 (20.2%)

297 (29.6%)

 

Third (2011–12)

328 (8.9%)

240 (8.9%)

88 (8.8%)

 

Fourth (2013–15)

819 (22.1%)

592 (21.9%)

227 (22.6%)

Site

Atlanta, GAa

265 (7.1%)

180 (6.7%)

85 (8.5%)

 

Birmingham, ALa

111 (3.0%)

84 (3.1%)

27 (2.7%)

 

Bronx, NY

736 (19.8%)

528 (19.5%)

208 (20.7%)

 

Brooklyn, NY

616 (16.6%)

458 (15.7%)

158 (15.7%)

 

Chapel Hill, NCa

190 (5.1%)

141 (5.2%)

49 (4.9%)

 

Chicago, IL

546 (14.7%)

425 (15.7%)

121 (12.1%)

 

Jackson, MSa

111 (3.0%)

83 (3.1%)

28 (2.8%)

 

Los Angeles, CAb

9 (0.2%)

8 (0.3%)

1 (0.1%)

 

Miami, FLa

142 (3.8%)

104 (3.9%)

38 (3.8%)

 

San Francisco, CA

419 (11.3%)

285 (10.5%)

134 (13.3%)

 

Washington, DC

563 (15.2%)

408 (15.1%)

155 (15.4%)

Age in years

Median (IQR)

37 (31–44)

37 (31–44)

36 (28–43)

Race and ethnicity

Non-Hispanic Black

2562 (69.1%)

1878 (69.5%)

684 (68.1%)

 

Hispanic/Latina

606 (16.3%)

436 (16.1%)

170 (16.9%)

 

Non-Hispanic White

427 (11.5%)

319 (11.8%)

108 (10.8%)

 

Other

113 (3.1%)

71 (2.6%)

42 (4.2%)

Sexual orientation

Heterosexual

3221 (86.9%)

2397 (88.6%)

824 (82.1%)

 

Bisexual

292 (7.8%)

183 (6.8%)

109 (10.9%)

 

Lesbian

151 (4.1%)

96 (3.4%)

55 (5.5%)

 

Missing

44 (1.2%)

28 (1.0%)

16 (1.6%)

Education

 < High school

1274 (34.4%)

948 (35.1%)

326 (32.5%)

 

 ≥ High school

2432 (66.6%)

1755 (64.9%)

677 (67.4%)

 

Missing

2 (0.5%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.1%)

Marital status

Married or living with partner

1269 (34.2%)

1753 (64.8%)

332 (33.1%)

 

Not married or living with partner

2423 (65.3%)

937 (34.7%)

670 (66.7%)

 

Missing

16 (0.4%)

14 (0.5%)

2 (0.2%)

Household annual income

 < $12,000

2063 (55.6%)

1530 (56.6%)

553 (53.1%)

 

 ≥ $12,000

1530 (41.3%)

1098 (40.6%)

432 (43.0%)

 

Missing

115 (3.1%)

76 (2.8%)

39 (3.9%)

Employed

Yes

1084 (29.2%)

737 (27.3%)

347 (34.6%)

 

No

2.615 (70.5%)

1961 (72.5%)

654 (65.1%)

 

Missing

9 (0.2%)

6 (0.2%)

3 (0.3%)

Physical violence victimization, everc

Yes

1811 (48.8%)

1302 (48.2%)

509 (50.7%)

No

1512 (40.8%)

1123 (41.5%)

389 (38.7%)

Missing

385 (10.4%)

279 (10.3%)

106 (10.6%)

Sexual violence victimization, everc

Yes

1324 (35.7%)

970 (35.9%)

354 (35.3%)

No

1984 (53.5%)

1444 (53.4%)

540 (53.8%)

Missing

400 (10.8%)

290 (10.7%)

110 (11.0%)

Injection drug use,

ever

Yes

881 (23.8%)

693 (25.6%)

188 (18.7%)

No

2826 (76.2%)

2010 (74.3%)

816 (81.3%)

Missing

1 (0.0%)

1 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Number of male sex partners, ever

Median (IQR)

10 (5–40)

10 (5–40)

12 (6–35)

Missing

N = 54

N = 46

N = 8

Number of female sex partners, ever

0

2730 (73.6%)

2034 (75.2%)

696 (69.3%)

 ≥ 1

962 (25.9%)

656 (24.3%)

306 (30.5%)

Missing

16 (0.4%)

14 (0.5%)

2 (0.2%)

Anal intercourse, everd

Yes

1376 (37.1%)

990 (36.6%)

386 (38.4%)

No

1802 (48.6%)

1270 (47.0%)

532 (53.0%)

Missing

530 (14.3%)

444 (16.4%)

86 (8.6%)

Exchange sex, ever

Yes

1337 (36.1%)

979 (36.2%)

358 (35.7%)

 

No

2360 (63.6%)

1716 (63.2%)

644 (64.1%)

 

Missing

12 (0.2%)

9 (0.3%)

2 (0.2%)

  1. IQR interquartile range. Variables for which there is no “missing” category contain no missing values. aNew sites were added in the fourth recruitment wave. All other sites were added during the first recruitment wave. bMost women from the Los Angeles site were excluded from this analysis as this site did not collect data on violence victimization. The 9 women included here lived in Los Angeles at baseline and subsequently moved to other sites. cViolence victimization variables have many missing values, as ethical approval was not granted at the Los Angeles and San Francisco study sites. dThe number of missing values is high because in the first recruitment wave, women reporting no sex partners in the past 6 months were not asked whether they had ever practiced AI. In subsequent waves, all women were asked whether they had ever practiced AI