Table 2.

Comparison of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics by HBV status

	Hepatitis B status		p - value
	Negative	Positive
Male gender (n/%)	83 (56.1)	6 (60)	0.81
Age (months)	61.8±42.5	83.9±49.9	0.12
ALT (U/L)	42 (31 – 56)	50 (30 – 70)	0.49
Creatinine (umol/L)	42.5 (32 – 50)	54.5 (45 – 56)	0.02
CD4 count at baseline (cells/uL)	529 (249 – 861)	149 (53 – 232)	0.0003
CD4 count at 6 months of HAART	893 (560 – 1245)	318 (83 – 566)	0.0004