Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of HIV and hepatitis coinfected patients
| Groups | Total | Age |
Sex |
Probable route of transmission |
Mean CD4 counts (cells/mm3) |
CDC status |
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| Male | Female | Sexual | IVDs | Blood | Not known | A | B | C | ||||
| HIV alone | 444 | 36 ± 9 | 298 | 146 | 320 | 35 | 41 | 48 | ||||
| 334 ± 1991 | 261 | 171 | 201 | |||||||||
| HIV + HBV | 45 | 32 ± 6 | 39 | 6 | 35 | - | 2 | 8 | 294 ± 1732 | |||
| 42 | 192 | 172 | ||||||||||
| HIV + HCV | 11 | 38 ± 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 231 ± 104 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
CDC: Centre for Disease Control; IVD: Intra-venous drug users.
1
Based on the available clinical data, only 63 out of the total 444 HIV alone infected patients could be classified and
2
only 40 out of the total 45 HIV/HBV coinfected could be classified.