Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants

From: Dual HLA B*42 and B*81-reactive T cell receptors recognize more diverse HIV-1 Gag escape variants

HLA

B*81:01/B*42:01

B*81:01

B*42:01

(B*81:01 vs. B*42:01) P value

N

1

9

11

N/A

Female n (%)

1 (100%)

7 (77.8%)

10 (90.9%)

0.57b

Age (yr)

24

22.5 (22.25–28.5)a

22 (20.5–28.5)a

0.75c

CD4 counts, cells/mm3

1002

625 (495–802)a

588 (479–673)a

0.14c

Viral load, log10

2.11

3.38 (2.36–3.99)a

4.15 (3.40–4.84)a

0.03c

  1. N/A not applicable
  2. All values in parenthesis were expressed as interquartile range. Participants with other protective alleles present in the cohort of study were excluded in the study
  3. Excluded alleles: HLA-B*57:03; B*58:01; B*39:01
  4. aValues expressed as median (interquartile range)
  5. bStatistical test used: Fisher’s exact test
  6. cStatistical test used: Mann–Whitney test
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