Epidemiological and mortality analysis of older adults with HIV in eastern China

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of older and younger PLWHA

	≥50 (N=196) n (%)	<50 (N=919) n (%)	P-value
Gender			0.16
Male	151 (77.04)	663 (72.14)
Female	45 (22.96)	256 (27.86)
Age (years)
50–54	60 (30.61)
55–59	57 (29.08)
≥60	79 (40.31)
Occupation			<0.001
Farmer	123 (62.76)	304 (33.08)
Migration worker	17 (8.67)	229 (24.92)
Commercial service provider	17 (8.67)	183 (19.91)
Other	39 (19.9)	203 (22.09)
Marital status			<0.001
Single	9 (4.59)	323 (35.15)
Married	147 (75)	466 (50.71)
Divorced, widowed	40 (20.41)	130 (14.15)
Education			<0.001
Primary school or below	132 (67.35)	366 (39.83)
Junior school or above	64 (32.05)	553 (60.17.84)
Residency			<0.001
Local county	125 (63.78)	394 (42.87)
Nonlocal county in Zhejiang	43 (21.94)	136 (14.8)
Non-Zhejiang	28 (14.29)	389 (42.33)
Ethnicity			<0.001
Han	194 (98.98)	787 (85.64)
Other	2 (1.02)	132 (14.36)

Abbreviation: PLWHA, people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; N, number enrolled into group; n, number enrolled into subgroup.

Figure 1 The proportion of PLWHA aged 50 years and above in the total and heterosexual HIV/AIDS populations.

Abbreviations: AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; PLWHA, people living with HIV/AIDS.

Table 2 Epidemiological characteristics of older and younger PLWHA

	≥50 (N=196) n (%)	<50 (N=919) n (%)	P-value
CD4+ cells/mm^3 at diagnosis			<0.001
≤199	54 (32.14)	133 (19.44)
200–349	62 (36.9)	196 (28.65)
≥350	52 (30.95)	355 (51.9)
Stage of disease at diagnosis			<0.001
HIV	96 (48.98)	606 (65.94)
AIDS	100 (51.02)	313 (34.06)
Route of transmission			<0.001
Heterosexual	162 (82.65)	542 (58.98)
Homosexual	21 (10.71)	168 (18.28)
Intravenous drug use	1 (0.51)	91 (9.9)
Blood products	9 (4.59)	38 (4.13)
Other	3 (1.53)	80 (8.71)
Nonmarital sex in past year			<0.001
Yes	107 (54.59)	336 (36.56)
No	89 (45.41)	583 (63.44)
Homosexual behavior in past year			<0.039
Yes	22 (11.22)	158 (17.19)
No	174 (88.78)	761 (82.81)
Sharing needles in past year			<0.001
Yes	1 (0.51)	63 (6.86)
No	195 (99.49)	856 (93.14)

Abbreviations: AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; PLWHA, people living with HIV/AIDS; N, number enrolled into group; n, number enrolled into subgroup.

Table 3 Factors associated with death in older and younger PLWHA

	≥50 (N=196)			<50 (N=919)
	OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
CD4+ cells/mm^3 at diagnosis			<0.05			<0.05
≤199	13.05	1.62, 105.16	<0.05	44.96	10.52, 192.16	<0.05
200–349	2.59	0.26, 25.71	0.42	5.57	1.11, 27.88	<0.05
≥350	Ref			Ref

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; PLWHA, people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; N, number enrolled into group.

Figure 2 Analysis of the cause of death in older and younger PLWHA.

Abbreviations: AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; PLWHA, people living with HIV/AIDS.

Figure 3 Survival analysis of PLWHA above and below the age of 50 years.

Abbreviation: PLWHA, people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.