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. 2024 Aug 7;19(8):e0308568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308568

Table 1. Descriptive analysis of PLWH included in our study with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Study population (N = 3567) SARS-CoV-2 negative (N = 2531) SARS-CoV-2 positive (N = 1036) p-value
Sex             0,064
Male 2758 77,3% 1978 71,7% 780 28,3%
Female 809 22,7% 553 68,4% 256 31,6%
Age, years             <0,005
median (IQR) 51 (44–59) 52 (45–59) 49 (41–57)
<35 336 9,4% 196 58,3% 140 41,7%
36–50 1260 35,3% 844 67,7% 416 33,0%
51–65 1666 46,7% 1248 74,9% 418 25,1%
66–80 277 7,8% 220 79,4% 57 20,6%
80–95 27 0,8% 22 81,5% 5 18,5%
missing 1 0,0% 1    
Origin             <0,005
Europe 2930 82,1% 2095 71,5% 835 28,5%
Africa 117 3,3% 95 81,2% 22 18,8%
South America 493 13,8% 317 64,3% 176 35,7%
Others 27 0,8% 24 88,9% 3 11,1%
HIV transmission route             <0,001
HTX 1121 31,4% 816 72,8% 305 27,2%
IDU 747 20,9% 562 75,2% 185 24,8%
MSM 1484 41,6% 999 67,3% 485 32,7%
others 50 1,4% 32 64,0% 18 36,0%
unknown 165 4,6% 122 73,9% 43 26,1%
Tobacco use           0,515
Smoker 1190 33,4% 859 72,2% 331 27,8%
Ex-smoker 530 14,9% 374 70,6% 156 29,4%
Non-smoker 1847 51,78 1298 70,3% 549 29,7%
CDC clinical category         0,001
Category A 2259 63,3% 1561 69,1% 698 30,9%
Category B / C 1308 36,7% 970 74,2% 338 25,8%
Years since HIV diagnosis 14,6 (7,5–24,3) 15,3 (8,3–24,9) 13 (6,4–22,4) <0,005
CD4 nadir 274 (131–427) 267 (124–416) 297 (161–466) <0,005
CD4 cell count before infection or end of study period (cells per uL)           0,079
median (IQR) 783 (550–1061) 777 (540–1051) 794 (567–1078)
<200 100 2,82% 71 71,0% 29 29%
200–349 240 6,76% 181 75,4% 59 24,6%
350–500 384 10,82% 290 75.5% 94 24,5%
>500 2825 79,60% 1985 70,3% 840 29,7%
CD4/CD8 before infection or end of study period       0,301
median (IQR) 0,84 (0,56–1,18) 0,84 (0,54–1,18) 0,84 (0,59–1,2)
<0.8 1528 42,8% 1124 73,6% 404 26,4%
0.8–1 571 16,0% 432 75,7% 139 24,3%
>1 1238 34,7% 894 72,2% 344 27,8%
missig 230 6,4% 81 35,21% 149 64,78%
VL>50 before infection or end of study period             0,981
No 3328 93,3% 2371 71,2% 957 28,8%
Yes 222 6,2% 158 71,2% 64 28,8%
missing 17 0,5% 2 11,8% 15 88,2%
VL detectable at any point during the study period             0,45
No 2899 81,3% 2065 71,2% 834 28,8%
Yes 668 18,7% 466 69,8% 202 30,2%
Tenofovir-based regimen             0,608
No 1350 37,8% 963 71,3% 387 28,7%
yes 2168 60,8% 1529 70,5% 639 29,5%
missing 49 1,4% 39 79,6% 10 20,4%
Vaccionation regimen before infection or end of study period       0,001
Unvaccinated or incomplete 1103 30,9% 488 44,2% 615 55,8%
Complete 1002 28,1% 690 68,9% 312 31,1%
Booster 1462 41,0% 1353 92,5% 109 7,5%
Modified Charlson Index             <0,005
0–1 2368 66,4% 1626 68,7% 742 31,3%
2–3 354 9,9% 261 73,7% 93 26,3%
>3 845 23,7% 644 76,2% 201 23,8%
Chronic comorbidities            
Hypertension 487 13,7% 378 77,6% 109 22,4% <0,005
Dyslipidaemia 460 12,9% 344 74,8% 116 25,2% 0,053
Obesity 566 15,9% 399 70,5% 167 29,5% 0,792
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 384 10,8% 271 70,6% 113 29,4% 0,861
HCV infection 695 19,5% 520 74,8% 175 25,2% 0,012
Chronic kidney disease 223 6,3% 176 78,9% 47 21,1% 0,007
Chronic ischaemic heart disease 60 1,7% 45 75,0% 15 25,0% 0,486
Diabetes 321 9% 203 71,7% 91 28,3% 0,774

HTX = heterosexual. IDU = injecting drug user. CDC clinical category for VIH symptoms. Catergory A = asymptomatic. Categroy B/C = Symptomatic. MSM = men who have sex with men. VL = viral load. P-value for categorical variables referes to chi-square test, and for continuous variables to the Mann-Whitney U test.