Table 1. Preoperative demographics and baseline of patients with different CD4 levels.
| Item | Total (%) (N = 168) |
CD4 ≥ 200 (N = 125) |
CD4 < 200 (N = 43) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| 18–60 | 121 (72.0) | 91 (72.8) | 30 (69.8) | 0.702 |
| >60 | 47 (28.0) | 34 (27.2) | 13 (30.2) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 129 (76.8) | 91 (72.8) | 38 (88.4) | 0.037 |
| Female | 39 (23.2) | 34 (27.2) | 5 (11.6) | |
| Educational background | ||||
| Elementary and junior high school | 125 (74.4) | 90 (72.0) | 35 (81.4) | 0.223 |
| High school and above | 43 (25.6) | 35 (28.0) | 8 (18.6) | |
| Career | ||||
| Farmers | 112 (66.7) | 75 (60.0) | 37 (86.0) | 0.002 |
| Other* | 56 (33.3) | 50 (40.0) | 6 (14.0) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Han | 109 (64.9) | 83 (66.4) | 26 (60.5) | 0.482 |
| Zhuang and others** | 59 (35.1) | 42 (33.6) | 17 (39.5) | |
| Route of infection | ||||
| Sexual transmission | 159 (94.6) | 118 (94.4) | 41 (95.3) | 1.000 |
| Intravenous drug injection | 9 (5.4) | 7 (5.6) | 2 (4.7) | |
| Body mass index | ||||
| <18.5 | 37 (22.0) | 29 (23.2) | 8 (18.6) | 0.409 |
| 18.5 ≤ BMI* ≤ 24 | 112 (66.7) | 80 (64.0) | 32 (74.4) | |
| >24 | 19 (11.3) | 16 (12.8) | 3 (7.0) | |
| Erythrocyte | ||||
| Female ≥ 4.00/ml, or male ≥ 3.50/ml | 76 (45.2) | 57 (45.6) | 19 (44.2) | 0.872 |
| Female < 4.00/ml, or male < 3.50/ml | 92 (54.8) | 68 (54.4) | 24 (55.8) | |
| Hemoglobin | ||||
| Female ≥ 120, or male ≥ 110 g/L | 98 (58.3) | 79 (63.2) | 19 (44.2) | 0.029 |
| Female < 120, or male < 110 g/L | 70 (41.7) | 46 (36.8) | 24 (55.8) | |
| Plasma albumin | ||||
| <35 | 141 (83.9) | 109 (87.2) | 32 (74.4) | 0.049 |
| ≥35 | 27 (16.1) | 16 (12.8) | 11 (25.6) | |
| Treatment duration of HARRT | ||||
| <30 days | 31 (18.5) | 18 (14.4) | 13 (30.2) | 0.021 |
| ≥30 days | 137 (81.5) | 107 (85.6) | 30 (69.8) | |
| Complication | ||||
| Without | 124 (73.8) | 94 (75.2) | 30 (69.8) | 0.485 |
| With | 44 (26.2) | 31 (24.8) | 13 (30.2) | |
| CD4/CD8 | ||||
| ≤1.0 | 154 (91.7) | 112 (89.6) | 42 (97.7) | 0.098 |
| >1.0 | 14 (8.3) | 13 (10.4) | 1 (2.3) |
Notes:
*
Other occupation refers to: 16 cases of freelance, 12 cases of unemployment, 11 cases of retirement, six cases of self-employed, five cases of workers, three cases of staff, two cases of teachers and students, one case of detainees.
**
Other ethnicity refers to: 54 in Zhuang, three in Miao, one in Dong and one in Mulao.