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. 2021 Apr 6;10(4):e24731. doi: 10.2196/24731

Table 3.

Characteristics of the study population at cohort inclusion, stratified by those completing the third phase cross-sectional visit, deceased, and lost to follow-up with known or unknown vital status.

Characteristics Completed follow-up (n=147) Deceaseda (n=42) Lost to follow-up (n=119) P valueb



Known vital statusc (n=41) Unknown vital status (n=78)
Male, n (%) 119 (81.0) 39 (92.9) 35 (85.4) 66 (84.6) .32
Age (years), median (IQR) 40 (35-44) 44 (38-53) 39 (34-41) 38 (34-43) .002
Alcohol consumption >1 glass per day (n=295), n (%) 87 (61.3) 22 (55.0) 22 (55.0) 45 (61.6) .80
BMI (kg/m2; n=291), n (%) .99
  Underweight (16.5-18.5) 8 (5.8) 3 (7.5) 1 (2.5) 4 (5.6)
Normal (18.5-25.0) 105 (75.5) 31 (77.5) 31 (77.5) 54 (75.0)

Overweight (25-30) 23 (16.6) 5 (12.5) 7 (17.5) 11 (15.3)
  Moderate or severe obesity (>30) 3 (2.2) 1 (2.5) 1 (2.5) 3 (4.2)
Estimated HIV infection duration (years), median (IQR) 9.4 (3.8-13.1) 13.1 (7.1-15.6) 10.1 (2.8-14.6) 9.4 (3.2-13.8) .06
AIDS-defining illness, n (%) 30 (20.4) 21 (50.0) 12 (29.3) 16 (20.5) .001
CD4+ T cell count (per mm3), median (IQR) 404 (283-557) 370 (249-474) 411 (338-619) 406 (268-562) .65
Nadir CD4+ T cell count (per mm3; n=271), median (IQR) 212 (107-309) 128 (65-304) 235 (172-346) 238 (70-384) .08
ARTd experienced at inclusion, n (%) 122 (83.0) 37 (88.1) 31 (75.6) 61 (79.2) .45
Detectable HIV RNA (>50 copies/mL), n (%) 64 (43.5) 14 (34.2) 22 (53.7) 45 (57.7) .05
HIV-RNA viral load (log10 copies/mL)e, median (IQR) 3.91 (2.48-4.41) 3.83 (2.59-4.05) 3.99 (3.04-4.53) 3.67 (2.87-4.46) .89
From country of high endemicity, n (%) 47 (32.0) 4 (9.5) 13 (31.7) 22 (28.2) .02
Estimated HBVf infection duration (years), median (IQR) 7.3 (2.8-11.2) 6.7 (2.3-13.5) 5.5 (2.8-11.5) 3.9 (1.7-8.9) .04
HBV DNA >60 IU/mL, n (%) 113 (76.9) 31 (75.6) 31 (75.6) 62 (79.5) .95
HBV-DNA viral load (log10 IU/mL)e, median (IQR) 3.39 (2.36-6.58) 4.63 (2.71-6.88) 5.02 (2.28-6.58) 4.54 (2.76-6.88) .45
HBeAgg positive, n (%) 73 (49.7) 29 (69.0) 20 (48.8) 38 (48.7) .13
HBV genotype (n=170), n (%) .36
  A 51 (68.0) 17 (60.7) 13 (61.9) 24 (52.2)

B 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.2)
  D 7 (9.3) 4 (14.3) 2 (9.5) 4 (8.7)

E 8 (10.7) 1 (3.6) 1 (4.8) 9 (19.6)
  G 5 (6.7) 4 (14.3) 4 (19.1) 6 (13.0)
  Mixed A/D or A/G 4 (5.3) 2 (7.1) 1 (4.8) 2 (4.3)
Precore W28stop mutation (n=164), n (%) 18 (24.7) 4 (15.4) 7 (33.3) 18 (40.9) .10
Lamivudine-resistance mutations (n=146), n (%) 42 (64.6) 14 (66.7) 14 (77.8) 27 (64.3) .80
Other viral hepatitis, n (%) .31

Anti-HCVh positive serology 9 (6.1) 2 (4.8) 4 (9.8) 4 (5.1)

Anti-HDVi positive serology 6 (4.1) 1 (2.4) 3 (7.3) 2 (2.6)

Anti-HCV and anti-HDV positive serology 3 (2.0) 5 (11.9) 1 (2.4) 3 (3.9)

aIncludes deaths observed during the study and from vital records.

bOverall significance between groups determined using the Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables and Pearson χ² test or Fisher exact test for categorical variables.

cIncludes patients whose vital status is known: 13 refusing to continue participation, 5 not proposed to continue follow-up, 1 transferred to a nonparticipating center before completing the third phase visit, 2 other or unknown reasons, and 22 with vital status determined by CépiDC.

dART: antiretroviral therapy.

eAmong patients with detectable viral loads.

fHBV: hepatitis B virus.

gHBeAg: hepatitis B e virus antigen.

hHCV: hepatitis C virus.

iHDV: hepatitis D virus.