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Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participants at Baseline (N = 98)

From: Cognitive screening in treatment-naïve HIV-infected individuals in Hong Kong – a single center study

Male, n (%)

92 (94)

Female, n (%)

6 (6)

Age, year

31 (26–43)

Tertiary education, n (%)

49 (50)

Current Smoker, n (%)

31 (32)

Current or ex-drinker, n (%)

22 (22)

History of substance Use, n (%)

41 (42)

Prior psychiatric illness, n (%)

14 (14)

Route of transmission, n (%)

 MSM

75 (77)

 Other

23 (23)

HIV-1 subtype, n (%)

 CRF01_AE

41 (42)

 B

36 (37)

 Other

21 (21)

AIDSa, n (%)

18 (18)

Blood CD4+ T-cells nadirb (cells/μL)

270 (106–376)

Blood HIV-1 RNA, log10 copies/ml

5.07 (4.68–5.47)

Hepatitis B virus co-infection, n (%)

6 (6)

Hepatitis C virus co-infection, n (%)

7 (7)

Syphilis co-infection, n (%)

40 (41)

Recent in-patient care, n (%)

37 (38)

IHDS ≤10, n (%)

38 (39)

MoCA ≤25, n (%)

25 (26)

MoCA ≤21, n (%)

8 (8)

MoCA score

27 (25–28)

Moderate Depression (PHQ-9 > 9)b, n (%)

23 (24)

  1. Median (IQR) is presented unless specified otherwise
  2. aDefined by the presence of AIDS-defining illness regardless of CD4+ T-lymphocyte levels
  3. bn = 96
  4. Abbreviations: IHDS International HIV Dementia Scale, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnare-9, MSM men who have sex with men