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Patients aged 30-49 years were at increased risk of "delayed presentation to care" and presentation to care with advanced HIV disease compared to patients aged <30 years, but patients aged >50 years were not.
Risk factors for "delayed presentation to care" and presentation to care with advanced HIV disease were: age 30-49 years, HIV transmission through heterosexual contact or injection drug use, enrolment in the study between 1997 and 1999, and follow-up in Brussels.
Moreover, within patients with advanced HIV disease we determined the frequency of "late testing" (i.e.; HIV diagnosis ≤6 months before initial presentation to care) and "delayed presentation to care" (i.e.; HIV diagnosis >6 months before initial presentation to care).
Later, diagnosis can be caused by delays in presentation, primary care delay, delays between primary and secondary care, and secondary care delay (Rubin et al, 2011).
Finally, we assessed the potential risk factors associated with "delayed presentation to care"/ late testing" and presentation to care with advanced HIV disease.
This study shows that, although late HIV testing is the most frequent cause of delayed presentation to care, low rates of linkage to care also lead to late presentation.
In contrast, the rate of "delayed presentation to care" did differ significantly between countries: "delayed presentation to care" was twice as frequent in Brussels than in Northern France (Table 3).
Delays in diagnosis can be caused by delays in presentation, primary care delay (first presentation to referral), system delays (time to investigation) and secondary care delays (first seen in secondary care to diagnosis) [ 5, 6].
We show that the risk factors for "delayed presentation to care" and "late testing" among patients who present with advanced HIV disease are different.
