Table 1 Baseline characteristics.

From: Long-term treated HIV infection is associated with platelet mitochondrial dysfunction

 

PLHIV (n = 208)

Healthy controls (n = 56)

Sex (% Female)

17 (8.2)

22 (39.2)*

Age (years, median [IQR])

52.0 [45.8, 59.0]

30.0 [25.8–53.0]*

BMI (median [IQR])

24.1 [22.0, 26.0]

23.8 [21.5–25.6]

HIV infection duration (years, median [IQR])

8.5 [5.0, 14.2]

 

Way of transmission (%)

Heterosexual

8 (3.8)

 

IDU

3 (1.4)

 

MSM

158 (76.0)

 

Other/unknown

39 (18.8)

 

CD4 nadir (median [IQR])

250.0 [135.0, 362.5]

 

CD4 count (median [IQR])

660.0 [480.0, 812.5]

 

Undetectable HIV load, n (%)

208 (100)

 

CD4/CD8 ratio (median [IQR])

0.8 [0.6, 1.1]

 

cART duration (years; median [IQR])

6.6 [4.1, 11.8]

 

cART regimen

NRTI-use (%)

200 (96.2)

 

NtRTI-use (%)

97 (46.6)

 

NNRTI-use (%)

61 (29.3)

 

PI-use (%)

32 (15.4)

 

Maraviroc-use (%)

3 (1.4)

 

INSTI-use (%)

140 (67.3)

 

ABC (%)

93 (44.7)

 

DTG (%)

86 (41.3)

 

EVG (%)

15 (7.2)

 

RAL (%)

38 (18.3)

 

Smoking (%)

59 (28.4)

 

Pack years (median [IQR])

13.8 [0.0, 28.0]

 

Hypercholesterolemia (%)

56 (26.9)

 

Hypertension (%)

40 (19.2)

 

Diabetes Mellitus (%)

9 (4.3)

 

No cardiovascular risk factors (%)

50 (24.0)

 

Statins (%)

56 (26.9)

 

Aspirin (%)

18 (8.7)

 

Metformin (%)

9 (4.3)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, cART combination antiretroviral therapy, NRTI nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NtRTI nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NNRTI non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, PI protease inhibitor, INSTI integrase inhibitor, ABC abacavir, DTG dolutegravir, EVG elvitegravir, RAL raltegravir.
  2. *Significantly different between cohorts.