Characterizing HIV status documentation among cancer patients at regional cancer centers in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa

Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics by HIV status documentation among adult cancer patients at regional cancer treatment centres in Malawi, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

	Undocumented HIV status		Documented HIV status
	n	%	n	%	p
Malawi
Age at diagnosis					0.007
< 40	404	75.7	130	24.3
40–49	323	75.3	106	24.7
50–59	247	78.7	67	21.3
60 or older	310	84.2	58	15.8
Gender					< 0.001
Female	844	81.2	196	18.8
Male	440	72.7	165	27.3
Residence proximity to hospital					< 0.001
Resides in same province as hospital	978	82.1	213	17.9
Resides outside hospital province	301	67.5	145	32.5
Infection-related cancer^a					< 0.001
Not infection-related	614	85.9	101	14.1
Infection-related	672	72	261	28
South Africa
Age at Diagnosis					0.75
< 40	12	6.9	161	93.1
40–49	20	7.8	235	92.2
50–59	24	8.2	269	91.8
60 or older	31	9.6	292	90.4
Gender					0.57
Female	79	8.2	885	91.8
Male	8	10	72	90
Residence proximity to hospital					0.93
Resides in same province as hospital	85	8.4	928	91.6
Resides outside hospital province	1	9.1	10	90.9
Infection-related cancer					0.44
Not infection-related	83	8.4	911	91.6
Infection-related	4	8	46	92
Zimbabwe
Age at diagnosis					< 0.001
< 40	5	2.9	170	97.1
40–49	14	4.9	274	95.1
50–59	11	5.1	204	94.9
60 or older	125	27.4	332	72.6
Gender					< 0.001
Female	84	10.1	745	89.9
Male	71	23.2	235	76.8
Residence Proximity to Hospital					0.55
Resides in same province as hospital	57	14.5	336	85.5
Resides outside hospital province	98	13.2	644	86.8
Infection-related Cancer					< 0.001
Not infection-related	127	22.3	443	77.7
Infection-related	28	5	537	95

^aWe considered the following cancers to be infection-related: anal, cervical, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, Kaposi Sarcoma, liver, penile, and vulvovaginal

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