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. 2013 May 31;8(5):e65337. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065337

Table 2. Demographic and epidemiologic characteristics of the study population relative to their HIV-1 genotypes.

HIV-1 Genotype
Characteristics Total (n = 91) B′/C (n = 75) B′ (n = 5) C (n = 5) Others* (n = 6) P-value
Gender, N (%)
Male 89 (100) 73 (82.0) 5 (5.6) 5 (5.6) 6 (6.7) 0.933
Female 2 (100) 2 (100.0) 0 0 0
Age (years)
Mean ± SD 35±7.3 35±7.3 43±6.1 33±7.0 30±4.6 0.034
Ethnic Group, N (%)
Achang 2(100) 2 (100) 0 0 0 0.661
Dai 44(100) 34 (77.3) 2 (4.5) 4 (9.1) 4 (9.1)
Han 19(100) 17 (89.5) 0 1 (5.3) 1 (5.3)
Jingpo 26(100) 22 (84.6) 3 (11.5) 0 1 (3.8)
District, N (%)
Longchuan 48 (100) 45 (93.8) 2 (4.2) 0 1 (2.1) 0.022
Luxi 10 (100) 7 (70.0) 0 2 (20.0) 1 (10.0)
Ruili 23 (100) 15 (65.2) 3 (13.0) 3 (13.0) 2 (8.7)
Yingjiang 10 (100) 8 (80.0) 0 0 2 (20.0)
Diagnosis Year
Before 1995 15 (100) 11 (73.3) 2 (15.4) 2 (13.3) 0 0.004
1996–1999 18 (100) 16 (88.9) 0 1 (5.6) 1 (5.6)
2000–2004 35 (100) 33 (94.3) 2 (5.7) 0 0
After 2005 9 (100) 4 (44.4) 0 2 (22.2) 3 (33.3)
Unknown 14 (100) 11 (78.6) 1 (7.1) 0 2 (14.3)
CD4+ T Cell Count (cells/µl)
Mean ± SD 435±253 425±248 493±275 576±262 399±321 0.568
HIV-1 Viral Load (log copies/ml)
Mean ± SD 4.49±0.68 4.47±0.70 4.79±0.56 4.87±0.72 4.33±0.52 0.524

SD: standard deviation.

*

The “other” category is used to group subjects with more rare genotypes including B′/C/CRF01_AE and C/CRF01_AE recombinants and pure CRF01_AE.

Statistical significance was determined by Fisher's exact test and one-way ANOVA analysis.