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[Persons living with HIV/AIDS: ethnic and sociocultural differences in Chile].

BACKGROUND
The association between ethnicity and HIV/AIDS is an emerging and unexplored issue in Chile.


AIM
To determine the profile of patients with HIV/AIDS by ethnicity and socioeconomic factors associated with diagnostic-therapeutic opportunity in the Araucania and Metropolitan regions.


METHODS
Cross-sectional study with 558 patients from two centers of HIV/AIDS in Chile. Data were collected using a questionnaire with clinical and sociocultural data obtained under informed consent. Descriptive analysis raw and stratified associations for each variable was performed.


RESULTS
Mapuche patients were mostly male, heterosexual (53.1%), lower average age (36.7 years), educational and income level lower than no Mapuche patients. The median of CD4(+) lymphocytes from Mapuche patients was the lowest in the sample, less than 51 cells/mm3, under 25 percentile (CI 38-123). Lifestyle variables indicated that drug use, number of sexual partners, and relationships between men were associated with higher levels of income, education and no Mapuche ethnicity.


CONCLUSION
There are differences between Mapuche and non Mapuche patients regarding their sociocultural and clinical status, which generates health inequalities.