Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with chronic liver disease due to hepatitis B or C virus, with and without human immunodeficiency virus
| Characteristics | HIV+ (n = 399) | HIV- (n = 405) | P value |
| Age, yr | 36.7 ± 10 | 46.3 ± 12.5 | < 0.001 |
| Male gender | 249 (62.4) | 197 (48.6) | < 0.001 |
| Caucasian | 285 (71.4) | 352 (86.9) | < 0.001 |
| n = 390 | n = 343 | ||
| Diabetes or glucose intolerance | 57 (14.6) | 100 (29.2) | < 0.001 |
| n = 247 | n = 184 | ||
| Illicit drugs | 161 (65.2) | 41 (22.3) | < 0.001 |
| n = 283 | n = 269 | ||
| Alcohol | 119 (42.0) | 96 (35.7) | 0.138 |
| n = 399 | n = 404 | ||
| Hepatitis B | 82 (20.6) | 49 (12.1) | 0.002 |
| n = 81 | n = 35 | ||
| Treatment | 77 (95.1) | 13 (37.1) | < 0.001 |
| n = 395 | n = 399 | ||
| Hepatitis C | 333 (84.3) | 361 (90.5) | 0.010 |
| n = 292 | n = 296 | ||
| Genotype 1 | 192 (65.8) | 157 (53.0) | 0.005 |
| Genotype 2 | 19 (6.5) | 17 (5.7) | |
| Genotype 3 | 79 (27.1) | 119 (40.2) | |
| Other1 | 2 (0.7) | 3 (1.0) | |
| n = 325 | n = 338 | ||
| Treatment | 102 (31.4) | 151 (44.7) | < 0.001 |
| n = 399 | n = 405 | ||
| Hospital admissions | 359 (90.0) | 249 (61.5) | < 0.001 |
| n = 399 | n = 399 | ||
| Cirrhosis | 66 (16.5) | 125 (31.3) | < 0.001 |
Data presented as average ± SD or n (%).
1
Other related genotypes (genotype 4, genotype associations between 1 and 4, 1 and 2, 3 and 4). HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.