Sex | | | < 0.01 |
Female | 878 (51.2) | 835 (48.7) | |
Male | 2115 (30.7) | 4770 (69.3) | |
Age, median (IQR), yr | 46.2 (38.2–53.1) | 48.9 (42.2–55.5) | < 0.01 |
History of injection drug use‡ | | | < 0.01 |
No | 662 (18.0) | 3026 (82.0) | |
Yes | 787 (32.2) | 1653 (67.7) | |
Unknown | 1544 (62.5) | 926 (37.5) | |
CD4 count, median (IQR), cells/mm3 |
End of follow-up | 390 (210–600) | 550 (390–720) | < 0.01 |
Nadir | 200 (70–360) | 170 (70–270) | < 0.01 |
No. of viral load tests during study period, median (IQR) | 4 (2–5) | 4 (3–4) | 0.03 |
Ethnicity§ |
Unknown | n = 4489 (52.2%) | |
Asian | n = 268 (3.1%) | |
Black | n = 171 (1.9%) | |
Indigenous | n = 811 (9.4%) | |
Hispanic | n = 131 (1.5%) | |
White | n = 2728 (31.7%) | |
Geographic variables |
Rurality |
Forward sortation area | | | 0.46 |
Not rural | 2806 (34.7) | 5277 (65.3) | |
Rural | 187 (36.3) | 328 (63.7) | |
Statistical Area Classification | | | < 0.01 |
Not rural | 2405 (33.6) | 4753 (66.4) | |
Rural | 588 (40.8) | 852 (59.2) | |
Statistical Area Classification category | | | < 0.01 |
Census metropolitan area | 2405 (33.6) | 4753 (66.4) | |
Census agglomeration (with tracts) | 222 (45.1) | 270 (54.9) | |
Census agglomeration (no tracts) | 169 (42.5) | 229 (57.5) | |
Strong metropolitan influenced zone | 24 (29.3) | 58 (70.7) | |
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone | 77 (34.1) | 149 (65.9) | |
Weak metropolitan influenced zone | 88 (40.0) | 132 (60.0) | |
No metropolitan influenced zone | 8 (36.4) | 14 (63.6) | |
Health authority | | | < 0.01 |
Interior Health | 259 (42.8) | 346 (57.2) | |
Fraser Health | 754 (37.0) | 1284 (63.0) | |
Vancouver Coastal Health | 1443 (31.2) | 3180 (68.8) | |
Island Health | 387 (37.6) | 643 (62.4) | |
Northern Health | 150 (49.7) | 152 (50.3) | |