Table 3 General Characteristics of the Study Population.

From: Elevated expression of miR-146a correlates with high levels of immune cell exhaustion markers and suppresses cellular immune function in chronic HIV-1-infected patients

Variable (n = 205)

Total

Age, years

45.3 (11.93)

Gender, male (%)

156 (76.1)

CD4 T lymphocyte count, cells/ml

196 (234.3)

Untreated for HIV-1, n (%)

94 (45.9)

HCV infection, n (%)

22 (10.7)

HBV infection, n (%)

31 (15.1)

Tuberculosis, n (%)

40 (19.5)

Cytomegalovirus, n (%)

40 (19.5)

Herpes Simplex Virus infection, n (%)

8 (3.9)

Oral Candidiasis, n (%)

39 (19)

Chronic Diarrhoea, n (%)

5 (2.4)

  1. Categorical variables are expressed as frequencies (%). Continuous variables are expressed as mean (standard deviation). HC, Healthy control; ND, no data.