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Table 1 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) and Transient Elastography (TE) for evaluation of liver fibrosis in HIV-HCV co-infected patients

Demographics

 

  Age (y) Median (Q1; Q3)

48 (45; 51)

  Gender n (%)

 

  Female

14 (30.4)

  Male

32 (69.6)

  BMI Median (Q1; Q3)

22.4 (19.8; 24.3)

  Overweight (BMI > =25) n (%)

8 (17.4)

  Chronic alcohol abuse n (%)

15 (34.1)

  Cirrhosis n (%)

6 (13)

  Child Pugh stage n

6

  A n (%)

6 (100)

  B, C, D n

0

HIV treatment

 

  Protease inhibitors n (%)

28 (60.9)

  Integrase inhibitors n (%)

3 (6.5)

  Non-nucleoside RT inhibitors n (%)

8 (17.4)

  Other treatment n (%)

7 (15.2)

HCV treatment

 

  None, n (%)

28 (60.9)

  Previous treatment failure n (%)

10 (21.7)

  Previous sustained virologic response n (%)

8 (17.4)

Virology

 

  HCV genotype n (%)

 

  1-1a-1b

24 (59)

  2-3-3a

9 (22)

  4 41b-4a

8 (19)

  ND

5 (10)

  HCV RNA > 15 IU/ml n (%)

38 (83)

  HCV RNA IU/ml (Q1; Q3)

1116144 (391800; 3680000)

  Undetectable HIV RNA n (%)

40 (87)

  CD4/mm3 (Q1; Q3)

576 (377; 833)

Liver blood test

 

  Delay between ARFI and blood test days (Q1; Q3)

0 (0; 1)

  AST or ALT ≥2N n (%)

7 (15.6)

  GGT and/or ALP ≥2N n (%)

15 (33.3)

  Bilirubin ≥2N n (%)

10 (22.2)

US liver characteristics

 

  Steatosis n (%)

3 (6.5)

  Cirrhosis in US n (%)

6 (13)

  US portal hypertension signs n (%)

2 (4.3)

  US hepatomegaly n (%)

14 (30.4)

  US focal liver lesion n (%)

5 (10.9)

ARFI characteristics

 

  Median (Q1; Q3) (m/s)

1.29 (1.15; 1.55)

  Min; Max

0.93; 2.86

TE characteristics

 

  Median (Q1; Q3) (kPa)

6.1 (4.6; 7.2)

  Min; Max

3.4; 35.3