Making the invisible, visible: a cross-sectional study of late presentation to HIV/AIDS services among men who have sex with men from a large urban center of Brazil

Table 2 Bivariate statistics including the number, proportion, odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of late presentation among MSM receiving HIV/AIDS care in Salvador, Brazil

Variables		Late presenters
Variables	n = 423	(%)	OR	95% CI
Self-reported sexual orientation
Homosexual and bisexual	235	58.8	1.00	-
Heterosexual	179	69.4	1.59	1.14 - 2.22
Skin Color*
White \| Yellow \| Indigenous \| Other	43	65.0	1.00	-
Brown	186	62.6	0.90	0.58 - 1.40
Black	156	63.2	0.92	0.59 - 1.45
Age
18 – 29	47	52.2	1.00	-
30 years or older	376	64.8	1.69	1.08 - 2.64
Individual Income**
> Minimum wage	321	61.3	1.00	-
≤ Minimum wage	102	69.9	1.48	1.00 - 2.18
Employment
Employed	209	59.0	1.00	-
Unemployed	213	67.9	1.47	1.07 - 2.02
Years of schooling
>8 years	165	68.8	1.00	-
≤8 years	258	60.0	1.47	1.05 - 2.05
History of smoking
No	210	60.5	1.00	-
Yes	213	66.2	1.27	0.93 - 1.75
History of drug use
No	317	64.4	1.00	-
Yes	106	59.6	0.81	0.57 - 1.16
History of STI
Never	232	66.3	1.00	-
≥ Once	189	59.6	0.75	0.55 - 1.03
Experience with forced sex
Never	597	64.3	1.00	-
At least once	73	53.4	0.63	0.40 - 1.04
HIV related discrimination
Never	311	62.1	1.00
Yes - at least one time	112	66.7	1.22	0.85-1.77
Owns private health insurance
No	64	54.7	1.00
Yes	359	64.9	1.53	1.02 - 2.30

*Race is commonly referred to as cor or ‘color,’ and references the phenotype (physical appearance) and not one’s ancestry (origin).
**Minimum wage of $510 BR per month = $328.11 USD per month as established by the Brazilian government at the time data was collected.

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