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We analyse the proportion of patients diagnosed late and factors related to LP in Poland in 2016\u20132017.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data were obtained from 13 out of 17 HIV centres in Poland from 2016 and 2017, including date of diagnosis, age, sex, transmission route, anti\u2010hepatitis C virus (anti\u2010HCV), Venereal Diseases Research Laboratory (VDRL) antibodies, AIDS diagnosis, baseline HIV viral load and CD4 count.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Out of 1522 patients, 88.9% were male with median age of 33.6\u00a0years. Men who have sex with men (MSM) comprised 69.4% of all new infections, heterosexual route of transmission (HTX) 18.2% and injecting drug use (IDU) 4.7%.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Late presenters comprised 44.8% of the study group. Factors associated with LP were female sex [odds ratio (OR) = 1.5, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.09\u20132.08], older age (OR = 1.59, 95% CI: 1.42\u20131.79 per decade), route of transmission (HTX: OR = 1.96, 95% CI: 1.50\u20132.56; IDU: OR = 3.17, 95% CI: 1.92\u20135.37), positive HCV results (OR = 1.90, 95% CI: 1.23\u20132.95) and syphilis diagnosis (OR = 2.06, 95% CI: 2.29\u20133.31). Adjusting for these factors, the only independent factors associated with LP were age (OR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.35\u20131.71) and route of transmission (HTX: OR = 1.73, 95% CI: 1.23\u20132.44; IDU: OR = 2.24, 95% CI: 1.25\u20134.10).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Late presentation in Poland follows European trends. A total of 44.8% of all newly diagnosed patients in Poland continue to present late or at the AIDS stage. Independent factors associated with LP\/AIDS were older age, IDU and HTX. 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