Frequency of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria in HIV infected patients from Bogota, Colombia

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Table 7 Demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with and without Mycobacterium avium infection

	Patients with *M. avium* infection		1^st and 3^rd quartile	Patients without *M. avium* infection		1^st and 3^rd quartile	p
	N (patients with data)	Median or percent		N (patients with data)	Median or percent
Age	13	33	[23–39]	273	35	[29–40]	0.2
Sex male	13	92%		273	88%		0.5
CD4 cell counts	13	115	[30–223]	219	164	[60–325]	0.2
Viral load	8	52,000	[5,967–227,941]	172	23,000	[746–147,131]	0.5
Use of antiretrovirals	13	61.5%		272	68.7%		0.8
Time with antiretroviral treatment (months)	10	29	[18–60]	175	22	[12–32]	0.2
Time with diagnosis of VIH infection (months)	10	18.5	[15–28]	175	27	[13–50]	0.2

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