Research Article

Prevalence of HIV Antiretroviral Drug Resistance and Its Impacts on HIV-1 Virological Failures in Jiangsu, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of HIV-1 treated patients with virological failure on ART and univariate analyses for correlates of drug resistance.

VariablesVirologic failureDrug resistance 
% ()
value value
()%

Age (years)0.0500.975
 <30 3819.450 (19)
 30–50 12161.752.1 (63)
 >50 3718.951.4 (19)
Gender3.4240.064
 Male15981.154.7 (87)
 Female3718.937.8 (14)
Marital status0.1610.923
 Single5226.553.8 (28)
 Married11056.150.9 (56)
 Other3417.350.0 (17)
Routes of infection4.8760.300
 Blood115.663.6 (7)
 IDU63.166.7 (4)
 MSM6834.757.4 (39)
 Hetro9649.043.8 (42)
 Other157.760.0 (9)
WHO clinical stages10.4420.015
 I10151.540.6 (41)
 II5025.560.0 (30)
 III2814.367.9 (19)
 IV178.764.7 (11)
Treatment duration18.3760.000
 <1168.26.2 (1)
 1-212061.252.5 (63)
 2-33919.953.8 (21)
 >32110.776.2 (16)
Side effect3.5940.058
 Yes136.676.9 (10)
 No18393.449.7 (91)
SMZ taken4.2800.039
 Yes115.681.8 (9)
 No18594.449.7 (92)
Treatment regimen1.9090.592
 AZT/D4T + 3TC + NVP/EFV17689.851.1 (90)
 TDF + 3TC + NVP/EFV147.150.0 (7)
 AZT + 3TC + LPV/r42.050.0 (2)
 AZT + TDF + LPV/r21.0100 (2)

IDU: intravenous drug use; MSM: men who have sex with men; hetro: heterosexual; SMZ: compound sulfamethoxazole; AZT: zidovudine; TDF: tenofovir; 3TC: lamivudine; NVP: nevirapine; LPV/r: lopinavir + ritonavir.