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. 2020 Oct 30;12(11):1238. doi: 10.3390/v12111238

Table 1.

Demographic and clinic patient characteristics, 2001–2017. ART, antiretroviral; ART-NP, antiretroviral-naïve patients; ART-EP, antiretroviral-experienced patients.

Patient Characteristics ART-NP ART-EP
Total, n (%) 7310 (100%) 3848 (100%)
Sex, n (%)
Female 2521 (34.5%) 1239 (32.2%)
Male 4719 (64.6%) 2588 (67.3%)
Median age at genotyping in years (IQR) 38.0 (31.0–48.0) 39.0 (33.0–46.0)
18–25 766 (10.5%) 153 (4.0%)
26–40 3287 (45.0%) 1930 (50.2%)
41–55 2263 (31.0%) 1366 (35.5%)
>56 843 (11.5%) 340 (8.8%)
Mode of transmission, n (%)
Heterosexuals 358 (4.9%) 181 (4.7%)
Men who have sex with men 193 (2.6%) 69 (1.8%)
Intravenous drug use 189 (2.6%) 173 (4.5%)
Others 78 (1.1%) 106 (2.8%)
Unknown 6492 (88.8%) 3319 (86.3%)
Region of origin, n (%)
Portugal 2535 (34.7%) 1152 (29.9%)
Sub-Saharan Africa 972 (13.3%) 427 (11.1%)
South America 201 (2.8%) 46 (1.2%)
Europe 81 (1.1%) 20 (0.5%)
Others 10 (0.1%) 4 (0.1%)
Unknown 3511 (48.0%) 2199 (57.2%)
Year of genotyping, n (%)
2001–2005 655 (9.0%) 1555 (40.4%)
2006–2009 1812 (24.8%) 1226 (31.9%)
2010–2013 2270 (31.1%) 588 (15.3%)
2014–2017 2573 (35.2%) 479 (12.4%)
HIV-1 subtype, n (%)
Subtype B 2686 (36.7%) 1639 (42.6%)
Subtype G 1845 (25.2%) 1262 (32.8%)
Subtype C 499 (6.8%) 149 (3.9%)
Subtype A 312 (4.3%) 55 (1.4%)
Subtype F1 265 (3.6%) 72 (1.9%)
Circulating Recombinants Forms (CRFs) 1621 (22.2%) 635 (16.5%)
Other HIV-1 subtypes 67 (0.92%) 28 (0.7%)
CD4 count at time of resistance test (cells/mL)
Median CD4 count (IQR; range) 321.5 (145.0–505.0)
(0.0–1905.0)
262.0 (136.0–440.0)
(0.0–1844.0)
<50 415 (5.7%) 308 (8.0%)
51–200 762 (10.4%) 868 (22.6%)
201–350 807 (11.0%) 817 (21.2%)
351–500 735 (10.1%) 533 (13.9%)
501 929 (12.7%) 565 (14.7%)
Unknown 3662 (50.1%) 757 (19.7%)
Viral Load at time of resistance test (log10 copies/mL)
Median Log Viral Load (IQR) 4.8 (4.2–5.4) 4.2 (3.5–4.8)
<4.0 1111 (15.2%) 1526 (39.7%)
4.1 to 5.0 2354 (32.2%) 1227 (31.9%)
>5.1 2187 (29.9%) 620 (16.1%)
Unknown 1658 (22.7%) 475 (12.3%)