Table 1.
Characteristics of the 98 HIV-1-infected immigrant individuals studied
| Male gender (%) | 68 (69.4) |
| Age (years) | 35 [30-38] |
| CD4+ count (cell/mm3) | 321 [212-491] |
| HIV-1 viral load (log10IU/mL) | 4.28 [1.6-4.8] |
| Naïve ART patients (%) | 62 (63,2) |
| Time in treatment (months) | 25.1 [14.2-48.1] |
| Risk factor (%) | |
| Heterosexual | 41 (41.8) |
| Bisexual | 42 (42,8) |
| Injecting drug users | 7 (7.1) |
| Others | 8 (8.1) |
| Geographical Region (%) | |
| Central-South America | 47 (47.9) |
| Western Europe | 14 (14,3) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 19 (19.4) |
| Northern Africa | 5 (5.1) |
| Eastern Europe | 10 (10.2) |
| North America | 1 (1) |
| Asia | 1 (1) |
| Not determined | 1 (1) |