Table 7.

Demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with and without Mycobacterium avium infection

	Patients with M. avium infection		1st and 3rd quartile	Patients without M. avium infection		1st and 3rd quartile	p
	N (patients with data)	Median or percent		N (patients with data)	Median or percent
Age	13	33	[23–39]	273	35	[29–40]	0.2
Sex male	13	92%		273	88%		0.5
CD4 cell counts	13	115	[30–223]	219	164	[60–325]	0.2
Viral load	8	52,000	[5,967–227,941]	172	23,000	[746–147,131]	0.5
Use of antiretrovirals	13	61.5%		272	68.7%		0.8
Time with antiretroviral treatment (months)	10	29	[18–60]	175	22	[12–32]	0.2
Time with diagnosis of VIH infection (months)	10	18.5	[15–28]	175	27	[13–50]	0.2