title: Gender-related differences in the spectrum of HIV disease in the Bayamón area, Puerto Rico.
abstract: We compare prevalence (by actual presence or history of condition) rates of selected AIDS-defining conditions across genders in a sample of 1,498 HIV-infected participants who visited our health service facilities between mid 1992 and early 1996. The comparisons were performed globally (considering all subjects) and on a subsample of participants whose most probable mode of infection with HIV was through (self-reported) use of injecting drugs. Global analysis revealed no significant differences across genders for any of the conditions considered; the most prevalent condition being Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Subsample-specific analysis (injecting drug users), however, revealed that women from this subgroup were likelier to have (present or by history) at least one AIDS-defining condition; they were also significantly likelier to specifically report candidiasis and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Retrovirus Research Center, Internal Medicine Department, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00960-6032, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miniño
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velazquez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology