Table 1

Demographic characteristics of adult patients newly presenting to HIV care in Lausanne, Switzerland between 2010 and 2015 who had not presented any missed opportunity and who had presented at least one missed opportunity

Demographic characteristicAll patients
(n=201)
Patients with no MO
(n=107)
Patients with ≥1 MO
(n=94)
Univariate analysis
(OR±95% CI)
Multivariate analysis
(adjusted OR±95% CI; p values)
Age (years), n (%)
 18–295623 (41%)33 (59%)Reference value
 30–4911259 (53%)53 (47%)0.6 (0.3 to 1.2)0.5 (0.3 to 1.1; 0.08)
 >503325 (76%)8 (24%)0.2 (0.1 to 0.6)0.2 (0.1 to 0.6; <0.01)
Sex, n (%)†
 Male12666 (52%)60 (48%)Reference value
 Female7541 (55%)34 (45%)1.09 (0.6 to 1.9)0.7 (0.3 to 1.5; 0.36)
Geographical origin, n (%)
 Europe, North America, Australasia10658 (55%)48 (45%)Reference value
 Sub-Saharan Africa6632 (49%)34 (51%)1.2 (0.7 to 2.4)3.5 (1.3 to 7.7; 0.01)
 Other‡2917 (59%)12 (41%)0.9 (0.4 to 2.0)1.0 (0.4 to 2.5; 0.96)
Chronic Illness, n (%)
 No161)92 (57%)69 (43%)Reference value
 Yes4015 (37%)25 (63%)2.2 (1.1 to 4.5)4.4 (1.7 to 10.9, <0.01)
Mode of transmission, n (%)
 Heterosexual11467 (59%)47 (41%)Reference value
 MSM6829 (43%)39 (57%)1.91 (1.0 to 3.5)*4 (1.5 to 10.7; 0.01)
 PWID93 (33%)6 (67%)2.8 (0.7 to 12)2.9 (0.6 to 15.3; 0.20)
 Unknown108 (80%)2 (20%)0.3 (0.7 to 1.8)0.3 (0.1 to 1.8; 0.2)
Time since previous HIV test, n (%)
 No previous test11972 (61%)47 (39%)Reference value
 ≤1 year2812 (43%)16 (57%)2.0 (0.9 to 4.7)1.6 (0.6 to 4.3; 0.38)
 >1 year ago5423 (43%)31 (57%)2.0 (1.0 to 4.0)*1.4 (0.7 to 3.0; 0.31)
  • *P<0.05.

  • †There were no transgender patients in the group studied.

  • ‡Asia, South America, North Africa, Middle East.

  • MO, missed opportunity; MSM, men who have sex with men; PWID, people who inject drugs.