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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with HIV, patients with TB, and patients with coinfection of TB and HIV in Korea (2001-2005).
| HIV (N = 2,548) | TB (N = 197,562) | HIV & TB (N = 137) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, male : female | 2,355(92.4%):193(7.6%) | 124,183(62.9%):73,379(37.1%) | 132(96.4%):5(3.6%) | |||
| Age, median (range) | 37.0 (4-80) | 44 (0-97) | 39.5 (19.9-79.1) | |||
| 0-9 | 2 (0.1%) | 1,000 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | |||
| 10-19 | 60 (2.4%) | 12,575 (6.4%) | 1 (0.7%) | |||
| 20-29 | 576 (22.6%) | 39.638 (20.1%) | 19 (13.9%) | |||
| 30-39 | 873 (34.3%) | 32,231 (16.3%) | 51 (37.2%) | |||
| 40-49 | 583 (22.9%) | 30,515 (15.4%) | 41 (29.9%) | |||
| 50-59 | 318 (12.5%) | 23,206 (11.7%) | 14 (10.2%) | |||
| 60- | 136 (5.3%) | 58,397 (29.6%) | 11 (8.0%) | |||
| Year | Cases | Incidence (cases/105) | Cases | Incidence (cases/105) | Cases | Incidence (cases/105) |
| 2001 | 327 | 0.69 | 42,737 | 90.3 | 17 | 0.036 |
| 2002 | 398 | 0.84 | 38,801 | 81.4 | 20 | 0.042 |
| 2003 | 534 | 1.11 | 36,227 | 75.6 | 21 | 0.044 |
| 2004 | 610 | 1.27 | 36,041 | 74.8 | 40 | 0.083 |
| 2005 | 680 | 1.41 | 43,781 | 90.7 | 39 | 0.081 |
| CD4 count at diagnosis, median(IQR) (/mm3) | 315.0 (186.0-464.0) | 301.0 (171.5-460.0) | ||||
| TB type (% among patients with TB) | ||||||
| Pulmonary | 183,640 (92.0%) | 111 (81.0%) | ||||
| Smear positive | 72,599 (36.4%) | 42 (30.7%) | ||||
| Extrapulmonary | 16,021 (8.0%) | 26 (19.0%) | ||||
| Pleurisy | 6,852 (3.4%) | 3 (2.2%) | ||||
| Lymphnode | 3,675 (1.8%) | 10 (7.3%) | ||||
| Gastrointestinal | 1,797 (0.9%) | 5 (3.6%) | ||||
| Nervous | 657 (0.3%) | 3 (2.2%) | ||||
| Skin | 272 (0.1%) | 1 (0.7%) | ||||
| Other organs | 2,169 (1.1%) | 1 (0.7%) | ||||
| Disseminated | 599 (0.3%) | 3 (2.2%) | ||||
