TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of subtype A1- and D-infected cohort subsetsb
| Characteristic | Value(s) for patients infected with the following HIV subtype: |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 (n = 257) | D (n = 185) | ||
| % female | 67 | 75 | 0.15 |
| Median (IQR) age (yr) | 35 (30–41) | 34 (28–38) | 0.02 |
| Median (IQR) pVLa (log10 copies/ml) | 5.2 (4.6–5.7) | 5.1 (4.6–5.5) | 0.13 |
| Median (IQR) CD4+ T-cell count (no. of cells/mm3) | 135 (72–201) | 120 (54–200) | 0.17 |
a
pVL, plasma viral load.
b
Data for the 22 participants likely infected with a subtype A1/D recombinant but whose individual HIV genes could be classified as a single subtype are excluded from this table.