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Table 2 Characteristics of patients in the enrollment

From: Naïve CD4+ cell counts significantly decay and high HIV RNA levels contribute to immunological progression in long-term non-progressors infected with HIV by blood products: a cohort study

 

DG

(N = 6)

non-DG

(N = 19)

p

Median age at HIV diagnosis (years)

24 (20.5–31.5)

24 (22–27)

0.974

Sex

 Men

5 (83.33%)

12 (63.16%)

0.624

 HIV infection time (years)

12 (8–15.25)

12 (12–14)

0.693

 Protective HLA typea, n (%)

2 (50%)b

9 (64.29%)c

 B*13

1 (25.0%)

4 (28.57%)

 

 B*27

0 (0%)

1 (7.14)

 

 B*57

0 (0%)

3 (21.43)

 

 B*58

1 (25.0%)

1 (7.14)

 

HIV claded

 B

4 (80.0%)

19 (100%)

0.208

 CRF07_BC

1 (20.0%)

0 (0%)

 

 CD4 cell counts (cells/uL)

440 (432–616)

510 (472–572)

0.105

 HIV RNA load (log10 copies/uL)

3.54 (3.37–3.72)

2.9 (1.40–3.28)

0.03

  < 50 (copies/uL)

0 (0%)

5 (26.32%)

0.032

 50–2000 (copies/uL)

1 (16.67%)

10 (52.63%)

 

  > 2000 (copies/uL)

5 (83.33%)

4 (21.05%)

 
  1. a: Protective gene were defined as HLA-B*57, HLA-B*27, HLA-B*13, HLA-B*58
  2. b: 4 patients were tested for protective gene
  3. c: 14 patients were tested for protective gene
  4. d: 24 patients were tested for HIV subtype