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)

NS: not significant.