Clinical Characteristics of Tuberculosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in North Indian Population of HIV/AIDS Patients Receiving HAART

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of 203 patients with HIV/AIDS.

	HIV-TB (𝑛=123)	HIV (𝑛=80)
Age (yrs)	36±10	35±9
Sex (% male)	80*	59*
BMI (kg/m^2)	19±4.5	19.6±3.8
CD4 (cells/μl)	137 (72–222)^†	198 (93–238)^†
Plasma VL (log10 copies/ml)	5.23 (4.79–5.65)	5.09 (4.55–5.65)

BMI: body mass index; VL: viral load
Age and BMI are presented as mean ± SD; gender as % of male and CD4 cell counts and viral load as median and IQR
* 𝑃=.001
^†𝑃=.038.