Poor Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men is Associated with Excess-Type Constitution of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 3

Quality of life scores by age, rank, infected time, CD4⁺, and CD4⁺/CD8⁺ ratio.

	Subjects	Physical		Psychological		Social relationship (TW)		Environment (TW)
		Median (IOR)	value	Median (IQR)	value	Median (IQR)	value	Median (IQR)	value
Average scores (mean ± SD)	203	14.09 ± 2.37		13.13 ± 2.83		13.66 ± 2.78		14.26 ± 2.19
Years^†
20–29	77	14.3 (12.6–16.0)	0.503	13.3 (11.3–16.0)	0.554	14.0 (12.0–16.0)	0.242	14.7 (12.9–15.6)	0.441
30–39	94	14.3 (12.6–15.4)		13.3 (11.3–14.7)		13.0 (12.0–15.0)		14.2 (12.9–15.6)
40–49	32	14.9 (12.6–15.4)		13.3 (12.0–14.7)		14.0 (12.0–15.0)		14.7 (13.6–16.0)
Infected time^†
≤2w	27	14.3 (12.0–16.0)	0.059	13.3 (10.7–16.0)	0.414	15.0 (13.0–16.0)	0.174	15.1 (13.8–16.4)	0.367
>W∼12m	26	13.1 (11.4–14.9)		12.3 (10.7–14.7)		13.0 (12.0–15.0)		14.4 (13.3–15.1)
>1y	150	14.3 (12.6–16.0)		13.3 (11.3–15.3)		14.0 (12.0–15.0)		14.2 (12.4–15.6)
CD4+^‡
<292	38	13.7 (12.0–15.4)	0.253	12.0 (10.7–14.7)	0.070	14.0 (12.0–16.0)	0.605	14.0 (12.9–15.6)	0.348
≥292	165	14.3 (12.6–16.0)		13.3 (11.3–15.3)		14.0 (12.0–15.0)		14.7 (12.9–15.6)
CD4+/CD8+ ratio^‡
<0.6	91	14.3 (12.0–16.0)	0.415	12.7 (11.3–15.3)	0.156	13.0 (12.0–15.0)	0.263	14.7 (12.9–15.6)	0.913
≥0.6	112	14.3 (12.6–16.0)		13.3 (12.0–15.3)		14.0 (12.0–16.0)		14.4 (12.9–15.6)

^†Kruskal–Wallis test and ^‡Mann–Whitney U test.