Table 1 Baseline clinical and epidemiological characteristics of HIV infected patients
Characteristics | All patients | HIV groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low CD4+ recovery | High CD4+ recovery | p-value | ||
No. | 324 | 162 | 162 | |
Male | 264 (81.5%) | 138 (85.2%) | 126 (77.8%) | 0.086 |
Age (years) | 41.0 (34.7; 49.2) | 43 (36.4; 51.3) | 39.9 (33.8; 46.5) | 0.001 |
Time since HIV diagnosis (years) | 1 (1.0; 1.0) | 1 (1.0; 2.0) | 1 (1.0; 1.0) | 0.117 |
CD4+ cell count at baseline (cells/μL) | 105 (41; 159) | 93.3 (37.5;147) | 114.5 (41.5;165) | 0.230 |
Hepatitis C infection | 29 (8.9%) | 16 (9.9%) | 13 (8.0%) | 0.559 |
Hepatitis B infection | 14 (4.3%) | 8 (4.9%) | 6 (3.7%) | 0.585 |
cART regimen | ||||
PI-based | 103 (31.8%) | 45 (28.0%) | 58 (35.8%) | 0.469 |
NNRTI-based | 165 (51.1%) | 88 (54.7%) | 77 (47.5%) | |
PI+ NNRTI-based | 38 (11.8%) | 20 (12.4%) | 18 (11.1%) | |
Others | 17 (5.3%) | 8 (5.0%) | 9 (5.6%) | |
HIV transmission route | ||||
IDU | 51 (17.1%) | 30 (20.8%) | 21 (13.4%) | 0.219 |
Homosexual transmission | 152 (50.8%) | 68 (47.2%) | 84 (54.2%) | |
Heterosexual transmission | 96 (32.1%) | 46 (31.9%) | 50 (32.3%) | |