Table 1 Baseline characteristics of HIV-carriers.

From: Modelling the impact of protein-kinase R allelic variant on HIV biomarkers trajectories by means of latent class mixed models

Sex

Female

22 (23.9)

Male

70 (76.1)

CCR5-delta32

WT/delta32

9 (9.8)

WT/WT

83 (90.2)

Risk factor for HIV-1 infection

IVDU

44 (47.8)

Sexual contact

48 (52.2)

anti-HCV

Neg

39 (42.4)

Pos

53 (57.6)

HBsAg

Neg

88 (95.7)

Pos

4 (4.3)

AIDS defining disease

No

67 (72.8)

Yes

25 (27.2)

−168/PKR promoter gene

Homozygous CC

29 (31.5)

Heterozygous CT

63 (68.5)

Age, years

 

43.0 [40–47]

Duration of HIV infection, years

 

14.08 [10.50–19.13]

CD4 cells count, cells/mm3

 

466 [311–657]

CD8 cells count, cells/mm3

 

1009 [752–1356]

CD4/CD8

 

0.49 [0.29–0.73]

HIV-RNA, log10 copies/mL

 

1.69 [1.69–2.57]

CD4 nadir cells count, cells/mm3

 

155 [67–277]

HIV-RNA, copies/mL

 < 50

59 (64.1)

 ≥ 50

33 (35.9)

  1. Median and interquartile range [IQR] have been used for quantitative variables, while categorical variables have been summarized as frequencies and percentages (%).
  2. IVDU intra venous drug users, anti-HCV hepatitis C virus antibodies, HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen, AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome, PKR protein kinase R.
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