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Clinical HIV disease
|
No clinical HIV disease
|
P
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|---|
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Number of patients
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74 (40)
|
111 (60)
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Age (median, range), years
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36 (18–87)
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32 (15–79)
|
0.14
|
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Gender
| | | |
 Men
|
42 (40.8)
|
61 (59.2)
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|
Women
|
32 (39.0)
|
50 (61.0)
|
0.81
|
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Region
| | | |
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Eastern Cape, SA+
|
20 (34.5)
|
38 (65.5)
| |
|
Western Cape, SA
|
11 (31.4)
|
24 (68.6)
| |
|
Ibadan, Nigeria
|
6 (19.4)
|
25 (80.6)
|
0.0001
|
|
KwaZulu Natal, SA
|
11 (47.8)
|
12 (52.2)
| |
|
Gauteng, SA
|
11 (52.4)
|
10 (47.6)
| |
|
Yaoundé, Cameroon
|
15 (88.2)
|
2 (11.8)
| |
|
Pericardial syndrome
| | | |
|
Acute
|
1 (14.3)
|
6 (85.7)
| |
|
Effusion
|
65 (44.2)
|
82 (55.8)
| |
|
Effusive-constrictive
|
8 (28.6)
|
20 (71.4)
| |
|
Constrictive
|
0 (0.0)
|
3 (100.0)
|
0.09
|
|
NYHA++ Functional Class
| | | |
|
I
|
8 (20.5)
|
31 (79.5)
| |
|
II
|
27 (39.1)
|
42 (60.9)
| |
|
III
|
20 (42.6)
|
26 (57.4)
| |
|
IV
|
19 (63.3)
|
11 (36.7)
|
0.004
|
|
Haemodynamic instability**
| | | |
|
Yes
|
24 (49.0)
|
25 (51.0)
| |
|
No
|
50 (36.8)
|
86 (63.2)
|
0.13
|
|
Tamponade requiring centesis
|
17 (44.7)
|
21 (55.2)
|
0.97
|
- Values are median (range) and absolute counts (percentages)
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+SA, South Africa; ++NYHA, New York Heart Association (I, No limitation of physical activity; II, Slight limitation of physical activity; III, Marked limitation of physical activity; and IV, Unable to carry out any physical activity without discomfort); **Pulse rate more than 100 bpm, Systolic blood pressure less than 100 mmHg and or tamponade requiring centesis.
Men