Research Article
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) | |
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†Kruskal–Wallis test and ‡Mann–Whitney U test.
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