Table 1:

Demographic characteristics of HIV-infected patients

Total number of patients	77
Age in years, mean (range)	37.5 (13–66)
Male gender, number (%)	48 (62%)
CD4 at diagnosis of HIV infection, mean (range)	167 cells/mm3 (1 cell/mm3–1200 cells/mm3
Viral load at diagnosis of HIV infection, mean (range)	330,000 RNA copies/ml (60 RNA copies/ml–5,000,000 RNA copies/ml)

RNA = ribonucleic acid; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus