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. 2019 Apr 10;6(5):ofz177. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz177

Table 1. .

Description of the Study Population at Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation

N = 717 Initial ART Backbone P
NRTI + NNRTI (n = 211) NRTI + PI (n = 419) NRTI + INSTI (n = 87)
Male/female (% male) 527/190 (73.5) 171/40 (81.0) 293/126 (69.9) 63/24 (72.4) .01
Age (n = 716), y 39 (32–46) 39 (32–47) 38 (32–45) 42 (34–51) .009
Hospital .005
 La Pitié-Salpétrière 519 (72.4) 160 (75.8) 286 (68.3) 73 (83.9)
 Saint-Antoine 198 (27.6) 51 (24.2) 133 (31.7) 14 (16.1)
Time since first positive HIV serology, y 0.2 (0.1–2.4) 0.5 (0.1–2.5) 0.2 (0.1–2.3) 0.1 (0.1–2.9) .2
AIDS-defining illness 103 (14.4) 16 (7.8) 75 (17.9) 12 (13.8) .002
CD4+ T-cell count (n = 666), /mm3 306 (178–441) 366 (268–467) 275 (137–408) 322 (210–408) <.001
Nadir CD4+ T-cell count, mm3 275 (157–374) 328 (242–410) 238 (110–349) 278 (168–360) <.001
CD8+ T-cell count (n = 643), /mm3 780 (538–1141) 822 (586–1241) 764 (497–1115) 780 (564–1167) .10
CD4:CD8 ratio (n = 643) 0.35 (0.21–0.57) 0.41 (0.24–0.63) 0.31 (0.17–0.51) 0.35 (0.21–0.57) <.001
HIV-RNA viral load, log10 copies/mL 4.84 (4.36–5.24) 4.68 (4.17–5.08) 4.90 (4.41–5.33) 4.84 (4.49–5.29) <.001
HIV-RNA viral load >105 copies/mL 292 (40.7) 66 (31.3) 187 (44.6) 39 (44.8) .004
HIV subtype (n = 105) .7
 B 43 (41.0) 12 (48.0) 25 (37.3) 6 (46.2)
 CRF02_AG 34 (32.4) 6 (24.0) 25 (37.3) 3 (23.1)
 Other 28 (26.7) 7 (28.0) 17 (25.4) 4 (30.8)
No. of antiretroviral agents 3 (3–3) 3 (3–3) 3 (3–3) 3 (3–3) .6
Positive HCV RNA (n = 291) 18 (6.2) 4 (5.5) 7 (3.9) 7 (18.9) .002
 HCV RNA viral load, log10 IU/mLa 6.20 (5.70–6.55) 6.20 (5.52–6.56) 6.55 (5.88–6.71) 6.15 (5.63–6.39) .5
Positive HBsAg serology (n = 705) 23 (3.3) 5 (2.4) 18 (4.3) 0 (0) .09
Switching ART regimen during follow-up 425 (59.3) 92 (43.6) 284 (67.8) 49 (56.3) <.001
 No. of switches during follow-upb 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) .8

All statistics are No. (%), except for continuous variables, where data are reported as median (interquartile range).

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; HCV, hepatitis C virus; NNRTI, non–nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NRTI, nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor.

aOnly among patients with positive HCV RNA viral loads.

bOnly among patients switching ART regimens at least once.