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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of HIV-positive patients with CMVR at MTY Clinic, Myanmar, 2013–2017

From: Treating HIV-associated cytomegalovirus retinitis with oral valganciclovir and intra-ocular ganciclovir by primary HIV clinicians in southern Myanmar: a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data

 

Total (N = 53)

Local treatment (N = 21)

Systemic treatment (N = 32)

P value

Male sex, N (%)

29 (55)

10 (48)

19 (59)

0.576

Median age, years (IQR)

37 (34–42)

37 (34–42)

38 (34–46)

0.722

Year of CMV diagnoses, N (%)

   

< 0.001

 2013

15 (28)

15 (71)

0 (0)

 

 2014

14 (26)

4 (19)

10 (31)

 

 2015

20 (38)

2 (9.5)

18 (56)

 

 2016

4 (7.5)

0 (0)

4 (13)

 

Median (IQR) CD4 count, cells/μLa

18 (10–44)

31 (15–46)

16 (7.8–41)

0.103

Patient type, N (%)

   

0.472

 New

31 (58)

13 (62)

18 (56)

 

 Interrupted treatment

3 (5.7)

2 (9.5)

1 (3.1)

 

 On ART

19 (36)

6 (29)

13 (41)

 

Median (IQR) Hb, g/dLb

9.7 (9.1–11)

10 (9.2–11)

9.5 (8.1–10)

0.133

Bilateral retinitis, N (%)c

20 (38)

10 (48)

10 (31)

0.218

  1. ART Antiretroviral therapy; CMV Cytomegalovirus; CMVR Cytomegalovirus retinitis; Hb Haemoglobin; IQR Interquartile range; MTY Mittar Yeik.
  2. a CD4 count within six months preceding CMVR diagnosis.
  3. b Before treatment.
  4. c Excludes one unknown.