Table 1 Characteristics of study participants who admitted to Imam Khomeini Voluntary Counseling and Testing by HIV infection, Tehran, Iran (2004–2018)
|  | HIV+ | HIV− | All participants | Pvalue | Missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Age groups | < 0.001 | 99 (0.49) | |||
  < 20 y | 62 (7.21) | 798 (92.79) | 860 (4.29) | ||
 20–40 y | 818 (6.26) | 12,245 (93.74) | 13,063 (65.22) | ||
 40–60 y | 1130 (20.91) | 4274 (79.09) | 5404 (26.98) | ||
  > 60 | 129 (18.38) | 573 (81.62) | 702 (3.50) | ||
Gender | < 0.001 | 72 (0.36) | |||
 Male | 1685 (12.01) | 12,345 (87.99) | 14,030 (69.95) | ||
 Female | 455 (7.55) | 5571 (92.45) | 6026 (30.05) | ||
Marital status | < 0.001 | 17,509 (86.99) | |||
 Single | 250 (30.05) | 582 (69.95) | 1073 (40.97) | ||
 Married | 240 (22.37) | 833 (77.63) | 832 (31.77) | ||
 Divorced | 72 (15.96) | 379 (84.04) | 451 (17.22) | ||
 Widowed | 26 (55.32) | 21 (44.68) | 47 (1.79) | ||
 Other | 4 (1.85) | 212 (98.15) | 216 (8.25) | ||
History of imprisonment | < 0.001 | 8262 (41.05) | |||
 No | 507 (5.34) | 8987 (94.66) | 9494 (80.01) | ||
 Yes | 1154 (48.65) | 1218 (51.35) | 2372 (19.99) | ||
Drug abuse | < 0.001 | 8411 (41.79) | |||
 No | 427 (4.66) | 8729 (95.34) | 9156 (78.14) | ||
 Yes | 1208 (47.17) | 1353 (52.83) | 2561 (21.86) | ||
Condom use | < 0.001 | 12,174 (60.48) | |||
 Never | 298 (13.48) | 1913 (86.52) | 2211 (27.80) | ||
 Rarely | 386 (8.54) | 4136 (91.46) | 4.522 (56.85) | ||
 Ever | 79 (6.47) | 1142 (93.53) | 1221 (15.35) | ||
Job title | < 0.001 | 281 (1.40) | |||
 Far from home | 10 (8.47) | 108 (91.53) | 118 (0.59) | ||
 Risky environment | 20 (1.00) | 1990 (99.00) | 2010 (10.13) | ||
 Official | 967 (9.51) | 9199 (90.49) | 10,166 (51.22) | ||
 Unemployed | 1098 (18.15) | 4953 (81.85) | 6051 (30.49) | ||
 Student | 34 (2.26) | 1468 (97.74) | 1502 (7.57) | ||
Educational level | < 0.001 | 11,250 (55.89) | |||
 Illiterate | 68 (40.72) | 99 (59.28) | 167 (1.88) | ||
 Elementary | 297 (45.00) | 363 (55.00) | 660 (7.43) | ||
 Junior | 450 (37.82) | 740 (62.18) | 1190 (13.40) | ||
 High school | 303 (14.88) | 1733 (85.12) | 2036 (22.93) | ||
 Academic | 154 (3.19) | 4671 (96.81) | 4825 (54.35) | ||
Root of transmission | < 0.001 | 72 (0.36) | |||
 Injection drug | 1166 (35.18) | 2148 (64.82) | 3314 (16.52) | ||
 Unsafe sex (heterosexual) | 322 (3.36) | 9272 (96.64) | 9594 (47.84) | ||
 Unsafe sex (homosexual) | 37 (8.04) | 423 (91.96) | 460 (2.29) | ||
 Blood and blood products | 23 (37.70) | 38 (62.30) | 61 (0.30) | ||
 Vertical transfer | 50 (10.46) | 428 (89.54) | 478 (2.38) | ||
 High risk spouse | 77 (12.44) | 542 (87.56) | 619 (3.09) | ||
 HIV + Spouse | 205 (27.55) | 539 (72.45) | 744 (3.71) | ||
 Job Exposure | 5 (0.24) | 2111 (99.76) | 2116 (10.55) | ||
 Unknown | 255 (9.55) | 2415 (90.45) | 2670 (13.31) | ||