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Table 1 Clinical characteristics and co-infections of PLWHA

From: Associated factors and prognostic implications of neutropenia in individuals with HIV/AIDS

Variables

Non-neutropenia (n = 517)

Neutropenia

(n = 263)

P value

Gender

  

0.006

 Male

442 (85.5)

204 (77.6)

 

 Female

75 (14.5)

59 (22.4)

 

Age (years)

  

0.048

 < 45

300 (58.0)

133 (50.6)

 

 ≥ 45

217 (42.0)

130 (49.4)

 

Co-infections

   

 Syphilis*

99 (19.1)

39 (14.8)

0.157

 Hepatitis B†

85 (16.4)

40 (15.2)

0.687

 Hepatitis C‡

30 (5.8)

34 (12.9)

0.001

 EBV

199 (38.5)

84 (31.9)

0.455

 CMV

128 (24.8)

44 (16.7)

0.098

 OC

136 (28.3)

118 (44.9)

< 0.001

 TM

43 (8.3)

64 (24.3)

< 0.001

 PCP

186 (36.0)

133 (50.6)

< 0.001

 TB

179 (34.6)

87 (33.1)

0.667

 CRP (mg/L)

44.15 (14.85, 80.2)

14.82 (4.90, 57.07)

0.001

 PCT (ng/mL)

0.08 (0.05, 0.35)

0.09 (0.05, 0.35)

0.693

 IL-6 (pg/mL)

29.67 (13.85, 73.31)

23.06 (10.38, 39.09)

0.073

 ESR(mm/h)

62.00 (34.00, 90.25)

56.00 (28.75, 96.25)

0.942

 GM(ng/L)

0.13 (0.08, 0.33)

0.12 (0.08, 0.45)

0.927

 G(ng/L)

21.78 (10.00, 158.00)

10.00(10.00, 104.90)

0.269

  1. Note Values are presented as number (%) of patients. *49 patients missing data; †23 patients missing data; ‡35 patients missing data; EBV: Epstein–Barr virus; CMV: cytomegalovirus; OC: Oral candidiasis; TM: Talaromyces marneffei; PCP: Pneumocystis pneumonia; TB: Tuberculosis; CRP: C-reactive protein, 475 patients missing data; PCT: procalcitonin, 127 patients missing data; IL-6: interleukin-6, 641 patients missing data. ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, 143 patients missing data; GM: Galactomannan antigen assay, 626 patients missing data. G: Plasma(1,3)-β-D-glucan assay, 276 patients missing data