Research Article
Coinfection by Hepatitis C Is Strongly Associated with Abnormal CD4/CD8 Ratio in HIV Patients under Stable ART in Salvador, Brazil
Table 1
Characteristics of HIV patients under stable, suppressive antiretroviral therapy, according to pattern of immune restoration.
| Patients characteristics | Immune restoration group | value | Inadequate immune restoration | Partial immune restoration | Adequate immune restoration | () | () | () |
| Age at HIV diagnosis–yr | | | | | Mean (95% CI) | 46.2 (44.3–48.0) | 48.5 (46.7–50.4) | 48.4 (46.4–50.4) | NS | Male sex, number (%) | 62 (69.7) | 74 (66.1) | 44 (47.8) |
<0.01 | Living without spouse or partner, number (%) | 59 (66.3) | 73 (65.2) | 50 (54.3) | NS | Route of infection, number (%) | | | | | Heterosexual | 40 (44.9) | 63 (56.3) | 56 (60.9) | NS | Homo-/bisexual | 45 (50.6) | 46 (41.1) | 35 (38.0) | | Other | 4 (4.5) | 3 (2.7) | 1 (1.1) | |
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NS: not significant.
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