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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with HIV, patients with TB, and patients with coinfection of TB and HIV in Korea (2001-2005).

From: The burden and characteristics of tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (TB/HIV) in South Korea: a study from a population database and a survey

 

HIV (N = 2,548)

TB (N = 197,562)

HIV & TB (N = 137)

Sex, male : female

2,355(92.4%):193(7.6%)

124,183(62.9%):73,379(37.1%)

132(96.4%):5(3.6%)

Age, median (range)

37.0 (4-80)

44 (0-97)

39.5 (19.9-79.1)

0-9

2 (0.1%)

1,000 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

10-19

60 (2.4%)

12,575 (6.4%)

1 (0.7%)

20-29

576 (22.6%)

39.638 (20.1%)

19 (13.9%)

30-39

873 (34.3%)

32,231 (16.3%)

51 (37.2%)

40-49

583 (22.9%)

30,515 (15.4%)

41 (29.9%)

50-59

318 (12.5%)

23,206 (11.7%)

14 (10.2%)

60-

136 (5.3%)

58,397 (29.6%)

11 (8.0%)

Year

Cases

Incidence (cases/105)

Cases

Incidence (cases/105)

Cases

Incidence (cases/105)

2001

327

0.69

42,737

90.3

17

0.036

2002

398

0.84

38,801

81.4

20

0.042

2003

534

1.11

36,227

75.6

21

0.044

2004

610

1.27

36,041

74.8

40

0.083

2005

680

1.41

43,781

90.7

39

0.081

CD4 count at diagnosis, median(IQR) (/mm3)

315.0 (186.0-464.0)

  

301.0 (171.5-460.0)

TB type (% among patients with TB)

      

   Pulmonary

  

183,640 (92.0%)

 

111 (81.0%)

 

Smear positive

  

72,599 (36.4%)

 

42 (30.7%)

 

   Extrapulmonary

  

16,021 (8.0%)

 

26 (19.0%)

 

Pleurisy

  

6,852 (3.4%)

 

3 (2.2%)

 

Lymphnode

  

3,675 (1.8%)

 

10 (7.3%)

 

Gastrointestinal

  

1,797 (0.9%)

 

5 (3.6%)

 

Nervous

  

657 (0.3%)

 

3 (2.2%)

 

Skin

  

272 (0.1%)

 

1 (0.7%)

 

Other organs

  

2,169 (1.1%)

 

1 (0.7%)

 

Disseminated

  

599 (0.3%)

 

3 (2.2%)

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