Table 1 Study population.

From: A novel methodology for large-scale phylogeny partition

Variables

n

%

Sequences

11,541

100

Patients

7,350

63.69

Patients with known seroconversion date

258

3.51

Patients with known date of first HIV-1 positive test

2,720

37.01

Country area

Central Italy

3,274

44.54

Northern Italy

3,528

48.00

Southern Italy

443

6.03

Unknown

105

1.43

Mode of HIV-1 transmission

Injecting drug user

1,418

19.29

Heterosexual

1,439

19.58

Male homosexual

1,313

17.86

Other/unknown

3,180

43.27

Gender

Female

1,677

22.82

Male

5,111

69.54

Unknown

562

7.65

Country of birth

Italy

4,210

57.28

Other countries

229

3.12

Unknown

2,911

39.60

All sequences (number of patients)

ART-naive

1,287 (1,116)

11.15 (15.18)

ART-experienced

6,962 (3,603)

60.32 (49.02)

Unknown ART status

3,292 (2,631)

28.52 (35.80)

Presence of at least one resistance mutation for a specific drug class (one sequence per patient)

Considering mixtures of resistant mutants and wild types at specific positions

Not considering mixtures of resistant mutants and wild types at specific positions

Any class

ART-naive

246

22.04%

164

14.69%

ART-experienced

2,911

80.79%

2,657

73.74%

NRTI

ART-naive

125

11.20%

109

9.77%

ART-experienced

2,712

75.27%

2,512

69.72%

NNRTI

ART-naive

145

12.99%

76

6.81%

ART-experienced

1,485

41.21%

1,147

31.83%

PI

ART-naive

69

6.18%

55

4.93%

ART-experienced

1,312

36.41%

1,135

31.50%

Numerical markers

Median

IQR

Sequence year

2004

2002–2007

Number of sequences per patient

1

1–2

HIV-1 RNA Log 10 copies per ml

ART-naive

4.64

4.04–5.23

ART-experienced

3.98

3.32–4.65

CD4+ T cells per mm 3

ART-naive

361

196–556

ART-experienced

334

191–504

Age (years)

ART-naive

37

31–44

ART-experienced

41

37–46

Time passed from the first HIV+ test (years)

ART-naive

0

0–1

ART-experienced

10

6–15

  1. ART, antiretroviral therapy; IQR, interquartile range; NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors; NRTI, nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors; PI, protease inhibitors.
  2. Characteristics of subtype B HIV-1 infected patients enrolled in the Italian ARCA cohort.