Table 1 Sample characteristics (N = 965).

From: Factors associated with poorer quality of life in people living with HIV in southwestern France in 2018–2020 (ANRS CO3 AQUIVIH-NA cohort: QuAliV study)

Characteristics

Categories

N (%) or median (Q1, Q3)

Median age, years

 

55.3 (48.4, 62.0)

Sex-acquisition mode 

MSM

481 (49.8)

Hetero/other men

179 (18.6)

Hetero/other women

203 (21.0)

Men who inject(ed) drugs

66 (6.8)

Women who inject(ed) drugs

36 (3.4)

% France-born

 

832 (86.2)

Duration of HIV infection, years

0–2

41 (4.3)

 > 2–5

54 (5.6)

 > 5–15

251 (26.0)

 > 15

619 (64.2)

% CD4 cell count 500 cells/m31

 

666 (69.0)*

% Viral load < 50 copies/ml1

 

858 (88.9)*

N of comorbidities2

0

438 (45.4)

1

231 (23.9)

2

145 (15.0)

3

104 (10.8)

Unknown

47 (4.9)

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) co-infection

 

182 (19.0)

Unknown

30 (3.1)

HIV-related stigma

None

640 (66.3)

Moderate

191 (19.8)

Severe

121 (12.5)

Educational attainment

Primary or less

139 (14.4)

Secondary

472 (50.7)

Higher

337 (34.9)

% Income ≥ 1500€/month

 

551 (57.7)

% Partnered

 

434 (45.0)

% Never smoked

 

281 (29.1)*

  1. Key 1: 1 Last measure recorded within 2 years of the QuAliV assessment. 2 Chronic renal failure, history of cardiovascular events, hypertension [taking an antihypertensive treatment], diabetes, and cancer. Diagnoses and prescribed treatments recorded using standard national and international nomenclature (International Disease Classification-10, Unités Communes de Dispensation, ATD). * Denominators taking into account missing data.