Analysis of the immunologic status of a newly diagnosed HIV positive population in China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Basic characteristics of study HIV/AIDS patients in China (n)

Characteristics	Total	Guangdong	Guangxi	Henan	Heilongjiang	Hunan	Jiangxi	Shaanxi	Shanghai	Xinjiang	Yunnan
Number of patients	2866	197	1048	51	80	176	64	95	404	222	529
Age, years
18–24	131	20	33	3	5	15	4	9	23	3	16
25–34	941	91	303	11	29	50	16	33	115	98	195
35–44	911	53	301	26	22	60	23	32	114	100	180
45–54	463	18	185	7	14	29	13	14	90	16	77
≥55	420	15	226	4	10	22	8	7	62	5	61
Mean age	40	35	43	40	39	39	41	37	41	36	40
Sex
Male	2159	144	799	34	64	111	50	70	362	177	348
Female	707	53	249	17	16	65	14	25	42	45	181
HIV transmission category
Sexual contact	2133	171	936	6	53	119	63	68	330	46	341
IDU	454	8	92	0	3	41	0	7	6	166	131
Blood transfusion	81	3	0	29	17	3	0	12	7	3	7
Unknown	198	15	20	16	7	13	1	8	61	7	50
CD4 count, cells/mm³
<100	1547	69	738	37	40	63	49	17	224	65	245
≥100	1319	128	310	14	40	113	15	78	180	157	284
Median CD4 count	83	159	37	51	101	172	42	285	79	183	112
Ethnicity
Han	1998	194	444	50	79	176	63	95	401	21	475
Zhuang	593	0	590	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Uygur	183	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	181	1
Other	92	3	14	1	1	0	1	0	2	20	50

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