Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population compared to National Governmental Report of Panamanian HIV cases (1984–2012).

Data are No. (%). Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; n.s. not significant differences; pp value of the two-sample proportion Z-test result.a As indicated by the total of accumulative AIDS and HIV carriers first time diagnosed between September 1984 to September 2012.b As indicated by the total of accumulative AIDS and HIV carriers first time diagnosed between 1984 to 2010.