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Table 1 General characteristics of HIV/HTLV-1 co-infected, HIV mono infected and healthy Mozambican subjects

From: Co-infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1): does immune activation lead to a faster progression to AIDS?

General Features

HIV/HTLV-1

(n = 29)

HIV

(n = 59)

HC

(n = 16)

p value

Age, years

    

   Median

40.0

41.0

32.0

 

   IQR

34.0 - 48.0

32.0 - 47.0

29.0 - 38.0

0.123*

Gender

    

   Male

4 (13.8%)

8 (13.6%)

12 (80%)

 

   Female

25 (86.3%)

51 (86.4%)

3 (20%)

0.000**

HIV clinical stage***

    

   I

7 (24.1%)

14 (23.7%)

  

   II

17 (58.4%)

33 (56.0%)

  

   III

5 (17.2%)

12 (20.3%)

 

0.587**

  1. * One Way Anova; ** Chi square; ***as defined by WHO[30];
  2. HIV/HTLV-1, HIV/HTLV-1 co-infected; HIV, HIV mono-infected; HC, healthy controls