Late Onset of Antiretroviral Therapy in Adults Living with HIV in an Urban Area in Brazil: Prevalence and Risk Factors

Table 2

Frequency of habits and addiction associated with late initiation of antiretroviral therapy among 1,141 people living with HIV, 2009-2012.

Habits and addiction	Total		Non-late	p-
	n	n (%)	n (%)
Alcoholism
Yes	57	36 (63.2)	21 (36.80)	0.253
No/unknown	1,084	601 (55.4)	483 (44.6)
Crack/cocaine
Yes	29	19 (65.5)	10 (34.5)	0.287
No/unknown	1,112	618 (55.6)	494 (44.4)
Injecting drug use
Yes	16	14 (87.5)	2 (12.5)	0.010
No/unknown	1,125	623 (55.4)	502 (44.6)
Other
Yes	12	9 (75.0)	3 (25.0)	0.179
No/unknown	1,129	628 (55.6)	501 (44.4)

initiation defined as baseline CD4+ cell count < 200 cells/mm³ or baseline AIDS- defining illness. -value refers to differences between percentage groups with late and nonlate ART initiation by Pearson’s chi-squared test. , merla, and heroin.