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Table 1 Participants baseline characteristics, according to the presence of testosterone deficiency

From: Prevalence of testosterone deficiency in HIV-infected men under antiretroviral therapy

 

Total

(n = 245)

Testosterone deficiency

(n = 72)

Without testosterone deficiency

(n = 173)

p value

Age [years, median (IQR)]

48.0 (15.0)

51.5 (11.8)

48.0 (7.3)

<0.001a

Duration of HIV infection [years, median (IQR)]

8.0 (6.0)

6.0 (8.0)

8.0 (6.0)

0.567a

HIV stage [n (%)]d

 A

122 (52.1)

31 (44.9)

91 (55.2)

0.157b

 B

12 (5.1)

6 (8.7)

6 (3.6)

 

 C

100 (42.7)

32 (46.4)

68 (41.2)

 

cART [years, median (IQR)]

6.0 (7.0)

4.5 (8.8)

7.0 (6.0)

0.447a

NRTI [n (%)]

213 (86.9)

67 (31.5)

146 (84.4)

0.067c

NNRTI [n (%)]

104 (42.4)

33 (45.8)

71 (41.0)

0.489b

PI [n (%)]

119 (48.6)

33 (45.8)

86 (49.7)

0.580b

FI [n (%)]

1 (0.4)

0

1 (0.6)

0.999c

II [n (%)]

16 (6.5)

6 (8.3)

10 (5.8)

0.570c

Viral load (<50) [n (%)]

131 (82.4)

33 (76.7)

98 (84.5)

0.255b

CD4 count [cells/mm3, median (IQR)]

477.0 (327.3)

501.0 (351.5)

526.5 (286.8)

0.157a

HIV risk factor [n (%)]

 Injecting drug user

55 (23.7)

18 (26.5)

37 (22.6)

0.561b

 Heterosexual contact

118 (50.9)

37 (54.4)

81 (49.4)

 

 Homosexual contact

50 (21.6)

11 (16.2)

39 (23.8)

 

 Others

9 (3.9)

2 (2.9)

7 (4.3)

 
  1. cART combined antiretroviral therapy, NRTI nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NNRTI non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, PI protease inhibitor, FI fusion inhibitor, II integrase inhibitor
  2. aMann-Whitney U test; bChi-square test, cFisher test; dInformation only available for 234 patients