| Total enrollment n = 420 | Patients treated n = 210 | Patients untreated n = 210 | p valueμ,† |
Mean age ± SD (years) | 39 ± 10 | 41 ± 10 | 36 ± 10 | 0.001 |
Gender n (%) Male Female |
135 (32) 285 (68) |
54 (26) 156 (74) |
81 (39) 129 (61) |
0.005 |
Antecedent to admission n (%) |
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Alcoholism Smoking Hypertension Diabetes Family hypertension Family diabetes | 32 (8) 19 (5) 35 (8) 13 (3) 172 (41) 71 (17) | 11 (5) 7 (3) 19 (9) 8 (4) 78 (37) 37 (18) | 21 (10) 12 (6) 16 (8) 5 (2) 94 (45) 34 (16) | 0.06 0.24 0.59 0.39 0.11 0.69 |
HIV-1 n (%) | 418 (99) | 210 (100) | 208 (99) | 0.5 |
BMI (kg/m2) n (%) <25 25 - 30 ≥30 |
280 (67) 96 (23) 44 (10) |
143 (68) 48 (23) 19 (9) |
137 (65) 48 (23) 25 (12) |
0.62 |
WHO stage at admission (%) Stage 1 and 2 Stage 3 and 4 |
209 (50) 211 (50) |
73 (35) 137 (65) |
136 (65) 74 (35) |
0.001 |
Initial CD4 (cells/mm3) n (%) ≤200 200 - 350 ≥350 |
203 (48) 84 (20) 133 (32) |
170 (81) 34 (16) 6 (3) |
33 (16) 50 (24) 127 (60) |
< 0.001 |
Last CD4 > 200 cells/mm3 n (%) | 329 (78) | 158 (75) | 171 (82) | 0.30 |