Mortality associated with HIV-1, HIV-2, and HTLV-I single and dual infections in a middle-aged and older population in Guinea-Bissau

Table 4 Mortality rates (MRs) and mortality rate ratios (MRRs) for HIV, according to age and sex, irrespective of HTLV-I status

	HIV-negative	HIV-1			HIV-2			HIV-1 + HIV-2
Age group*	MR^†(deaths/pyo)	MR^†(deaths/pyo)	MRR^‡	95% CI^§	MR^†(deaths/pyo)	MRR^‡	95%CI^§	MR^†(deaths/pyo)	MRR^‡	95%CI^§
MEN
35–44	4.7(4/844)	100(1/10)	21.1	2.4,189	17.9(2/112)	3.8	0.7,20.6	0(0/12.1)
45–54	20.9(28/1342)	235(2/8.5)	10.3	2.7,47.3	46.9(9/192)	2.2	1.1,4.8	320(2/6.3)	15.3	3.6,64.3
55–64	45.5 (81/1781)	0 (0/4.6)			81.7(18/220)	1.8	1.1,3.0	0 (0/5.3)
65–74	88.2 (65/737)	268(1/3.7)	3.0	0.4,21.9	124 (13/104)	1.4	0.8,2.6	0 (0/0)
75+	134 (51/380)	0 (0/0)			0(0/19.9)			0 (0/0)
Total:	45.0(229/5084)	148.8(4/26.9)	5.2 ^#	1.9,14.0	64.8(42/648)	1.6 ^#	1.1, 2.2	84.3 (2/23.7)	4.3 ^#	1.1,17.3
WOMEN
35–44	1.9 (2/1040)	0(0/11.3)			33.3(6/180)	17.4	3.5,86.0	97.7(1/10.2)	50.8	4.6,560
45–54	13.3 (18/1346)	227(2/8.8)	17.0	3.9,73.1	19.3(6/311)	1.4	0.6,3.6	57.4(1/17.4)	4.3	0.6,32.1
55–64	31.7 (57/1798)	74.3(1/13.5)	2.3	0.3,16.9	91.8(33/359)	2.9	1.9,4.4	485(1/2.1)	15.3	2.1,110
65–74	63.8 (55/862)	0(0/0)			73.9(11/149)	1.2	0.6,2.2	0 (0/0)
75+	110 (39/352)	0(0/0)			174(7/40.2)	1.6	0.7,3.5	0 (0/0)
Total:	31.7(171/5398)	89.3 (3/33.6)	4.7 ^#	1.5,14.6	60.6(63/1040)	2.1 ^#	1.6,2.8	101(3/29.7)	7.9 ^#	2.5,24.9

*Indicates current age, i.e. individuals can contribute to several age groups.
† MR = mortality rate per 1000 person years of observation.
^‡ MRR = Mortality rate ratio, comparing with HIV-negative.
^§CI = confidence interval.
# Adjusted for age and current HIV status in a Poisson regression, see statistical methods

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