Liver Damage in Patients with HCV/HIV Coinfection Is Linked to HIV-Related Oxidative Stress

Table 1

Mortality rates in HCV-monoinfected and HCV/HIV-coinfected patients from 2005 to 2009.

Variable	HCV monoinfection	HCV/HIV coinfection	P value
Total patients in 2005 ()	223	140
Total deaths [ (% of total patients)]	7 (3.14%)	29 (20.7%)	<0.001
AIDS-related deaths [ (% of total death)]	0 (0%)	17 (58.6%)	0.005
Non-AIDS-related deaths [ (% of total death)]	7 (100%)	12 (41.4%)	0.005
ESLD-related deaths [ (% of non-AIDS-related death)]	1 (14.3%)	8 (66.7%)	0.027
Other causes of deaths [ (% of non-AIDS-related death)]	6 (85.7%)	4 (33.3%)	0.027

HCV: hepatitis C virus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; ESLD: end-stage liver disease.