Male sex | 63 (83.6)* | 117 (91.4) | 58 (93.5) | 37 (84.1) | 0.29 | 275 (89.6) |
Mean age in years (SD) | 34.0 (10.9) | 32.0 (8.9) | 31.9 (8.6) | 32.6 (7.7) | 0.45 | 32.5 (9.2) |
Route of HIV infection | | | | | 0.42 | |
Men who have sex with men | 50 (68.5) | 102 (79.7) | 47 (75.8) | 30 (68.2) | | 229 (74.6) |
Heterosexual intercourse | 13 (17.8) | 19 (14.8) | 10 (16.1) | 10 (22.7) | | 52 (16.9) |
Other | 10 (13.7) | 7 (5.5) | 5 (8.1) | 4 (9.1) | | 26 (8.5) |
Estimated years of seroconversion† | | | | | 0.54 | |
1985–89 | 13 (17.8) | 19 (14.8) | 12 (19.4) | 8 (18.2) | | 52 (16.9) |
1990–2 | 24 (32.9) | 37 (28.9) | 27 (43.5) | 11 (25.0) | | 99 (32.2) |
1993–5 | 22 (30.1) | 41 (32.0) | 14 (22.6) | 14 (31.8) | | 91 (29.6) |
1996–8 | 14 (19.2) | 31 (24.2) | 9 (14.5) | 11 (25.0) | | 65 (21.2) |
Acute HIV illness reported | 17 (23.3) | 17 (13.3) | 7 (11.3) | 3 (6.8) | 0.06 | 44 (14.3) |
First CD4 × 106/l count after the first HIV positive screening test, mean (SD) | 489 (294) | 474 (297) | 500 (258) | 449 (275) | 0.82 | 480 (285) |
Days between the first HIV positive screening test and the first CD4 count, mean (SD) | 539 (708) | 641 (867) | 351 (570) | 538 (910) | 0.36 | 544 (789) |
First plasma HIV RNA level (log10)/μl after the first HIV positive screening test, mean, (SD) | 3.1 (1.9) | 3.4 (1.4) | 2.9 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.6) | 0.25 | 3.2 (1.6) |
Days between the first HIV positive screening test and the first HIV RNA determination, mean (SD) | 933 (877) | 900 (918) | 837 (735) | 938 (967) | 0.92 | 900 (877) |