| |
Older n = 120 (%)
|
Younger n = 476 (%)
|
p
|
|---|
|
Male sex
|
91(76)
|
285 (60)
|
<0.01
|
|
Age (mean ± SD), years
|
58 ± 5.1
|
31 ± 3.2
|
<0.01
|
|
Risk factor of HIV infection
| | | |
|
Heterosexual
|
62(52)
|
199(42)
|
0.1
|
|
No risk reported
|
32(27)
|
119 (25)
|
0.6
|
|
Homosexual
|
19(16)
|
57 (12)
|
0.2
|
|
Injection drug users
|
6(5)
|
104(22)
|
<0.01
|
|
Months between first HIV+ test and AIDS (mean ± SD)
|
1.8 ± 7.8
|
3.3 ± 6.7
|
0.4
|
|
Stage C of HIV infection*
|
62 (52)
|
114 (24)
|
<0.01
|
|
PCP
|
9 (8)
|
14 (3)
|
0.02
|
|
HIV encephalopathy
|
9 (8)
|
9 (2)
|
<0.01
|
|
Kaposi
|
8 (7)
|
5 (1)
|
<0.01
|
|
Candidiasis
|
8 (7)
|
43 (9)
|
0.5
|
|
Cryptococcosis
|
5 (4)
|
1 (0.3)
|
<0.01
|
|
Mycobacteriosis
|
4 (3)
|
5 (1)
|
0.2
|
|
Cryptosporidiosis
|
4 (3)
|
5 (1)
|
0.06
|
|
Tuberculosis
|
4 (3)
|
14 (3)
|
0.7
|
|
Isosporiasis
|
1 (1)
|
0
|
0.2
|
|
Bacterial pneumonia
|
1 (1)
|
0
|
0.2
|
|
Wasting syndrome
|
1 (1)
|
9 (2)
|
0.5
|
|
Toxoplasmosis
|
0
|
9 (2)
|
0.1
|
|
Cytomegalovirus retinitis
|
0
|
1 (0.3)
|
0.6
|
|
Lymphoma
|
7 (6)
|
9 (2)
|
0.05
|
|
CD4+ T cell/mm3 (mean ± SD)**
|
59.1 ± 65.3
|
105.3 ± 127.4
|
0.04
|
|
Deaths
|
16 (13)
|
14 (3)
|
<0.01
|
- *see Ref. n° 21; **at AIDS diagnosis;
