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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Prevalence of osteo-renal impairment in the Romanian HIV cohort

Characteristic

Sub-category

n (%)

Median (IQR)

Percentiles 25, 75

Male gender

 

46 (58.3)

  

Age, years

  

38 (18)

26, 44

Time since HIV diagnosis, years

  

9 (13)

4, 17

Time since HIV diagnosis, years

1

10 (13.9)

  
 

2–5

15 (20.8)

  
 

6–10

13 (18.1)

  
 

11–15

12 (16.7)

  
 

16–20

14 (19.4)

  
 

21–27

8 (11.1)

  

Number of prior ARV regimens (n = 67)

0

3 (4.5)

  
 

1

23 (34.3)

  
 

2

18 (26.9)

  
 

3

1 (1.5)

  
 

>3

22 (32.8)

  

Current CD4 cell count, cells/cmm

  

508 (380)

289, 669

Nadir CD4 cell count, cells/cmm

  

387 (290)

229, 519

Current viral load, copies/mL

Undetectable

28 (38.9)

  
 

Below LLQa

5 (6.9)

  
 

Detectable (range: 27 to 170,000,000)

39 (54.2)

5617 (95224)

37.5, 95261

Smoking status

Ex-smokerb

2 (2.8)

  
 

Current-smoker

27 (37.5)

  
 

Non-smoker

40 (55.6)

  
 

Refused to declare

3 (4.2)

  

Number of comorbidities (n = 65)

0

15 (20.8)

  
 

1

29 (40.3)

  
 

2

13 (18.1)

  
 

3

2 (2.8)

  
 

4

5 (6.9)

  

Type of comorbidities (n = 65)

Cardiac

5 (7.7)

  
 

Metabolic

28 (43.1)

  
 

Renal

6 (9.2)

  
 

Bone-related

3 (4.6)

  
 

Hemato-oncologic

5 (7.7)

  
  1. ARV antiretroviral, IQR interquartile range, LLQ lower limit of quantitation
  2. aHIV-RNA TaqMan – limit of detection of 20 copies/mL
  3. bEx-smokers were defined as having completely quit smoking for over 6 months