Predictors and incidence of sexually transmitted Hepatitis C virus infection in HIV positive men who have sex with men

Table 1 Characteristics of 822 HIV-positive MSM patients during the study period

	Total^a (N = 822)
Age in years, mean (±SD)^b	43.1 (±12.5)
Born outside Australia or New Zealand, n (%)^c	312 (38.0%)
CD4 nadir cells/uL, mean (±SD)	362 (± 186)
Years since HIV diagnosis, mean (±SD)^b	6.8 (±7.2)
Never supressed viral load, n(%)^d	28 (3.4%)
Any incident syphilis, n(%)^e	205 (24.9%)
2 or more syphilis, n(%)^e	60 (7.3%)
Any anorectal chlamydia, n(%)^f	165 (20.1%)
2 or more anorectal chlamydia, n(%)^f	70 (8.5%)
Number HCV tests, mean(±SD)^g	3.2 (2.0)
Ever HBV infected, n(%)^h	232 (28.2%)
Possible incident HBV, n(%)ⁱ	5 (0.6%)
Patient years follow-up, mean (±SD)	3.8 (±1.6)

Notes
^aAll participants were MSM with no recorded history of injecting drug use
^bOn the day of the first HCV antibody test
^cPlace of birth outside Australia or New Zealand
^dViral load greater than 200 at every testing episode within the study period
^eIncident syphilis defined as change from negative to positive specific syphilis serology or 4 fold increase in RPR during the study period
^fPositive anal chlamydia NAAT test where the most recent previous negative test was negative during the study period
^gNumber of HCV antibody tests during the study period excluding the baseline negative test
^hAny positive HBVcore antibody serology at any time during the study period
ⁱPatients with positive HBV core antibody who previously had a negative HBV core antibody test during the study period

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