Table 1 |
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| Basic characteristics of 2006 newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients in China | |
| Characteristic | Patient no. (%) |
| Age, years | |
| <40 | 1100 (54.84) |
| 40–60 | 741 (36.94) |
| ≥60 | 165 (8.22) |
| Median age (range) | 40 (18, 86) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 1518 (75.67) |
| Female | 488 (24.33) |
| HIV transmission category | |
| Sexual contact | 1479 (73.73) |
| Blood | 351 (17.48) |
| Unknown transmission risk | 176 (8.79) |
| CD4 count*, cells/mm3 | |
| <50 | 806 (40.91) |
| 50-200 | 619 (31.42) |
| 200–350 | 367 (18.63) |
| ≥350 | 178 (9.04) |
| Median CD4 count (range) | 136 (1, 891) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Han | 1515 (75.53) |
| Other (minority) | 491 (24.47) |
* 1970 patients had a baseline CD4 count.
Shen et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:79 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-79
