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. 2020 Dec 17;17(24):9474. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17249474

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the HIV–HCV-coinfected participants.

Characteristics All
No. (%)
FIB-4 Score p a
≤3.25
No. (%)
>3.25
No. (%)
Overall 343 (100.0) 155 (45.2) 188 (54.8)
Age, years
  Median (IQR) 35.4 (31.3–39.3) 34.6 (30.2–38.6) 36.0 (31.8–40.3) 0.029
Sex
  Male 336 (98.0) 151 (97.4) 185 (98.4) 0.796
  Female 7 (2.0) 4 (2.6) 3 (1.6)
Marital status 0.210
  Unmarried 130 (37.9) 61 (39.4) 69 (36.7)
  Married 178 (51.9) 74 (47.7) 104 (55.3)
Divorced/widowed 35 (10.2) 20 (12.9) 15 (8.0)
Ethnicity 0.151
  Han 157 (45.8) 62 (40.0) 95 (50.5)
  Dai 112 (32.6) 60 (38.7) 52 (27.7)
  Jingpo 62 (18.1) 28 (18.1) 34 (18.1)
  Others 12 (3.5) 5 (3.2) 7 (3.7)
HIV transmission route 0.185
  IDU 314 (91.5) 140 (90.3) 174 (92.6)
  Others 29 (8.5) 15 (9.7) 14 (7.4)
Glucose level (IQR) 5.20 (4.32–6.00) 5.29 (4.31–6.03) 5.16 (4.37–5.89) 0.489
Baseline CD4, cells/ul 0.618
  <200 98 (29.0) 40 (26.3) 58 (31.2)
  200–349 139 (41.1) 65 (42.8) 74 (39.8)
  ≥350 101 (29.9) 47 (30.9) 54 (29.0)
Current CD4, cells/ul 0.511
  <200 21 (6.1) 7 (4.5) 14 (7.4)
  200–349 52 (15.2) 23 (14.8) 29 (15.4)
  ≥350 270 (78.7) 125 (80.6) 145 (77.1)
HCV RNA 0.234
  Undetectable 105 (30.6) 53 (34.2) 52 (27.7)
  Detectable 238 (69.4) 102 (65.8) 136 (72.3)
HIV RNA 0.053
  Undetectable 264 (89.3) 126 (88.1) 138 (79.3)
  Detectable 53 (10.7) 17 (11.9) 36 (20.7)
  Years on cART 5.7 (4.2–8.4) 5.1 (3.9–7.6) 6.1 (4.4–8.9) 0.001
HBsAg positive 0.685
  Yes 30 (8.7) 12 (7.7) 18 (9.6)
  No 313 (91.3) 143 (92.3) 170 (90.4)
cART regimen, % 0.012
  NVP (vs. EFV/RTV) 136 (39.7) 52 (33.5) 84 (44.7)
  TDF (vs. AZT/d4T/DDI) 147 (42.9) 80 (51.6) 67 (35.6)
  Others 60 (17.4) 23 (14.8) 37 (19.7)
HCV genotype 0.182
  1 46 (16.0) 23 (18.1) 23 (14.4)
  3 135 (47.0) 52 (40.9) 83 (51.9)
  6 106 (37.0) 52 (40.9) 54 (33.8)

IDU, injection drug use; NVP, nevirapine; EFV, efavirenz; RTV, Ritonavir; TDF, tenofovir; AZT, zidovudine; DDI, di-deoxyinosine; d4T, stavudine; a Chi-square tests or the Mann–Whitney U test were performed wherever appropriate; bold signifies statistical significance as p < 0.05.