Research Article

Candida Species Prevalence Profile in HIV Seropositive Patients from a Major Tertiary Care Hospital in New Delhi, India

Table 1

Sociodemographic profile of study subjects.

Patient informationHIV seropositive study subjectsHIV seronegative control subjects

Age
 Mean age ± SD33.4 ± 6.232.1 ± 4.8
Gender, number (%)
 Male82 (68)36 (72)
 Female38 (32)14 (28)
 M/F ratio2.22.5
State-wise distribution, number (%)
 Delhi58 (48)40 (80)
 Uttar Pradesh46 (38)8 (16)
 Haryana14 (12)2 (4)
 Madhya Pradesh2 (2)0
Educational status, number (%)
 Illiterate50 (41.6)20 (40)
 Primary school26 (21.6)14 (28)
 High school26 (21.6)8 (16)
 Graduate16 (13.3)6 (12)
 Postgraduate2 (1.7)2 (4)