Group 1998(N=307) Group 2006(N=236) p
Male gender, % 73.0 75.3 0.53
Mean age ±SD, years 39.1±9.8 41.0±10.7 0.03
Drug users, % 40.1 30.4 <0.001
HCV/HBV coinfection, % 38.6 41.0 0.87
Mean CD4 T-cells, mm3 343 ± 314 244 ± 174 <0.001
Baseline CD4 T-cells < 100, % 17.3 20.8 0.30
Baseline CD4 T-cells < 200, % 33.6 40.7 0.09
Baseline CD4 T-cells < 350, % 55.7 80.5 <0.001
Mean log10 HIV-RNA 4.56 ± 0.97 4.91 ± 0.96 0.001
Mean AIDS progression risk ±SD 6.7 ± 9.6 10.2 ± 11.2 0.002
Glycemia mg/dL (95% C.I.) 90.4 (88.0-92.8) 88.1 (85.0-91.2) 0.27
Triglycerides mg/dL (95% C.I.) 159 (135-184) 147 (135-159) 0.34
Cholesterol mg/dL (95% C.I.) 168 (160-175) 162 (156-168) 0.28
Table 1: Selected demographic and laboratory characteristics of the 2 study groups.
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