TABLE 2.
Demographics and clinical features of patients coinfected with HCV and HIV
| Patient group | Sample size (no.) | Age (yr) | AST level (U/liter [no. of patients])a | ALT level (U/liter [no. of patients])b | CD4+ T-cell countc at diagnosis (no. of patients) | No. of patients by race
|
HCV level (Meq/ml) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caucasian | African American | |||||||
| Male | 21 | 41 | 74.9 (19) | 84.0 (17) | 247 (20) | 9 | 12 | |
| Female | 7 | 35 | 71.6 (7) | 77.5 (6) | 779 (6) | 4 | 3 | |
| Caucasian | 13 | 554 (12) | 10.0 | |||||
| African American | 15 | 248 (14) | 21.2 | |||||
Normal range, 20 to 57 U/liter means are reported.
Normal range, 21 to 72 U/liter; means are reported.
Normal range, 562 to 692/mm3; medians are reported.