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. 2013 Oct 25;8(10):e75915. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075915

Table 1. Demographic Characteristics and Prevalence of OIs and Malignancies.

Characteristics Total (%) Male (%) Female (%)
Total patients 834(100) 695(82.8) 139(17.2)
Age(yrs) 39.2±11.4 39.1±11.4 39.4±11.6
Geographic distribution (%)
Northeast China 145(17.4) 134(16.1) 11(1.3)
Northwest China 35(4.2) 32(3.9) 3(0.3)
North China 389(46.6) 329(39.4) 60(7.2)
South China 179(21.5) 139(16.7) 40(4.8)
Southwest China 86(10.3) 61(7.2) 25(3.1)
Transmission-risk categories (%)
Homosexuality 406(48.7) 375(45.0) 31(3.7)
Heterosexuality 205(24.6) 170(20.4) 35(4.2)
Drug addiction 34(4.1) 29(3.9) 5(0.2)
Transfusion 178(21.3) 113(13.9) 65(7.4)
Vertical transmission 11(1.3) 8(1.0) 3(0.3)
CD4 distribution (%)
CD4≤50 cells/ul 492(59.0) 403(48.3) 89(11.7)
50<CD4≤100 cells/ul 150(18.0) 131(15.7) 19(2.3)
100<CD4≤200 cells/ul 120(14.4) 100(12.0) 20(2.2)
CD4>200 cells/ul 72(8.6) 61(7.3) 11(1.3)
AIDS-associated clinical diseases (%)
Tuberculosis 271 (32.5) 227 (27.2) 44 (5.3)
Candidiasis 245 (29.3) 202 (24.2) 43 (5.1)
PCP 187 (22.4) 163 (19.5) 24 (2.9)
CMV infection 181 (21.7) 148 (17.7) 33 (4.0)
Other fungal infection 135 (16.2) 112 (13.4) 23 (2.8)
MAC 94 (11.3) 85 (10.3) 9 (1.0)
Cryptococcosis 67 (8.0) 53 (6.3) 14 (1.7)
PML 37 (4.4) 30 (3.6) 7 (0.8)
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 29 (3.5) 23 (2.7) 6 (0.8)
Lymphoma 27 (2.9) 21 (2.2) 6 (0.6)
Penicillium Marneffei 12 (1.4) 12 (1.4) 0 (0.0)
Kaposi's Sarcoma 7 (0.8) 6 (0.6) 1 (0.1)
Cervix carcinoma 3 (0.3) -- 3 (0.3)

PCP:pneumocystis pneumonia; CMV: cytomegalovirus; MAC: Mycobacterium avium complex; PML: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.