Table 1 Patients characteristics (N = 1001)
From: Increased risk of non-AIDS-defining cancers in Asian HIV-infected patients: a long-term cohort study
Median age (IQR), years | 38 (31–48) |
20–39 | 551 (55.0%) |
40–49 | 239 (23.9%) |
50–59 | 139 (13.9%) |
60–69 | 56 (5.6%) |
≥ 70 | 17 (1.7%) |
Sex (male) | 942 (94.1%) |
Alcohol drinker | 557 (55.6%) |
Smoker | 421 (42.1%) |
Year of entry | |
 1997–2001 | 267 (26.7) |
 2002–2006 | 331 (33.1) |
 2007–2011 | 309 (30.9) |
 2012–2015 | 94 (9.4) |
HIV-related factors | |
 HIV risk group | |
  MSM | 753 (75.2%) |
  Heterosexuals | 123 (12.3%) |
  Blood transmissiona | 99 (9.9%) |
  Injection drug use | 8 (0.8%) |
  Unknown | 18 (1.8%) |
  Median CD4 (IQR), cells/μL | 100 (30–184) |
  CD4 < 200, cells/μL | 777 (77.6) |
  200–499 | 209 (20.9) |
   ≥ 500 | 15 (1.5) |
  Median HIV VL (IQR), copies/mL | 63,000 (5400-310,000) (4.4–5.6) |
  HIV VL < 400, copies/mL | 166 (16.6) |
  400–75,000 | 360 (36.0) |
   > 75,000 | 475 (47.5) |
  On antiretroviral therapy | 312 (31.2) |
  HBV infection alone | 151 (15.1%) |
  HCV infection | 145 (14.5%) |
  HBV and HCV co-infection | 15 (1.5%) |
Co-morbidities | |
 Hypertension | 102 (10.2%) |
 Dyslipidemia | 129 (12.9%) |
 Diabetes mellitus (uncomplicated) | 80 (8.0%) |
 Diabetes mellitus (end-organ damage) | 32 (3.2%) |
 Myocardial infarction | 9 (0.9%) |
 Congestive heart failure | 15 (1.5%) |
 Peripheral vascular disease | 2 (0.2%) |
 Cerebrovascular disease | 16 (1.6%) |
 Dementia | 14 (1.4%) |
 COPD | 7 (0.7%) |
 Connective tissue disease | 2 (0.2%) |
 Peptic ulcer disease | 31 (3.1%) |
 Chronic kidney disease | 64 (6.4%) |
 Hemiplegia | 1 (0.1) |
 Chronic liver disease | 141 (14.1%) |
 Mild | 105 (10.5%) |
 Moderate to severe | 36 (3.6%) |