Table 2: Baseline characteristics of the study population by HIV-1 subtype: median or proportion of column total; numbers in parentheses represent missing observations
VariableHIV-1 subtypeTotal
ACRF01_AECRF01_AGBCG
Total cases35619335279378221129772
Age, yr, median34383435333335
Sex, female0.530.240.570.110.590.480.19
Likely mode of transmission
Heterosexual0.700.580.740.100.710.710.21
Men who have sex with men0.140.320.120.670.090.150.57
Injection drug use0.060.030.000.120.020.080.11
Other or unknown0.100.080.140.110.180.060.11
African ancestry0.49 (20)0.03 (13)0.60 (52)0.05 (973)0.72 (30)0.55 (8)0.15 (1096)
Hepatitis C co-infection0.10 (43)0.06 (18)0.03 (22)0.18 (1094)0.04 (172)0.13 (15)0.16 (1364)
Hepatitis B co-infection0.05 (42)0.03 (19)0.06 (31)0.04 (1550)0.04 (163)0.02 (14)0.04 (1819)
Calendar year of cohort enrolment
Before 20000.150.090.060.220.070.070.20
2000–20040.440.390.380.380.390.280.39
2005–20090.410.510.560.390.540.650.42
No. of CD4 cell count measurements, median6656556
CD4, cells/μL, median420450440470400420460
CD4%, median24 (73)27 (32)24 (42)26 (901)23 (143)23 (17)26 (1208)
CD8, cells/μL, median910 (82)900 (39)860 (50)930 (1125)900 (177)850 (18)920 (1491)
HIV RNA, log copies/mL, median4.1 (13)4.2 (1)4.1 (2)4.4 (44)4.0 (9)4.14.3 (69)
Follow-up time, yr, median1.591.781.401.751.391.511.69