Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of the studied HIV-infected subjects before cART onset.

	LR-subjects (13)	HR-subjects (15)	p
Age (years)	43 [32–57]	40 [33–49]	0.5
CD4 counts at baseline sample	70 [53–116]	136 [72–165]	0.104
Log Viral load before cART	4.9 [4.1–5.3]	4.9 [4.4–5.7]	0.8
Sexual transmission; n/n (%)	10/13 (77)	12/15 (80)	0.8
Previous C event; n/n (%)	4/13 (31)	3/15 (20)	0.5

Continuous variables are expressed as the median and interquartile range [IQR], whereas categorical variables are expressed as the number and percentage (%). The Mann–Whitney U test was used for comparisons.