Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients in NNRTI and PI group.

Characteristics
NNRTI N = 85
PI N = 14
P-value

Age, mean ± SD, years
40.6 ± 8.8
40.7 ± 10.9
0.776
Gender, number (%)


0.993
     Male
38 (45)
7 (50)

     Female
47 (55)
7 (50)

Duration of HIV diagnosis, median (IQR), months
65 (47–94)
72 (47–109)
0.788
History of OIs, number (%)
10 (12)
2 (14)
0.992
HBV co-infection, number (%)
6 (7)
1 (7)
0.957
HCV co-infection, number (%)
3 (4)
0 (0)
0.451
NRTI backbone in HAART prior to TI, number (%)


0.480
     - Stavudine + lamivudine
43 (51)
7 (50)

     - Zidovudine + lamivudine
35 (41)
5 (36)

     - Zidovudine + didanosine
4 (5)
2 (14)

     - Didanosine + lamivudine
3 (3)
0 (0)

Duration of HAART prior to TI, median (IQR), months
46 (36–64)
59 (37–76)
0.968
Nadir CD4 cell count, median (IQR), cells/mm3
147 (57–215)
217 (63–345)
0.186
Baseline CD4 cell counts at TI, median (IQR), cells/mm3
530 (441–657)
586 (381–747)
0.924

OIs = opportunistic infections, HBV = hepatitis B virus, HCV = hepatitis C virus

Sungkanuparph et al. AIDS Research and Therapy 2007 4:26   doi:10.1186/1742-6405-4-26