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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics of study cohort

From: Seroprevalence of Schistosomiasis and Strongyloides infection in HIV-infected patients from endemic areas attending a European infectious diseases clinic

 

Cohort

Helminth positive

P value

   

Y

N

(univariate)

N,%

90

 

9

10%

81

90%

-

Age, years (mean) [CI]

34

[33–36]

36

[33–39]

34

[33–35]

0.328

Male (N,%)

26

29%

5

56%

21

26%

0.11

Region of Birth (N,%)

       

   - South Africa

23

26%

4

44%

19

23%

 

   - East Africa

28

31%

3

33%

25

31%

 

   - West Africa

31

34%

2

22%

29

36%

 

   - Central Africa

6

7%

0

0%

6

7%

 

   - Non-Africa

2

2%

0

0%

2

2%

0.603

Years in Ireland (mean) [SD]

5

[3]

5

[3]

4

[3]

0.59

   HIV RNA (median [IQR] (copies/ml)) (n = 89)

50

[1718]

50

[2644]

50

[329779]

0.2

   CD4+ T-cell count (mean [CI] (cells/mm3))

398

[345–452]

280

[218]

395

[217]

0.08

Reason for travel to Ireland (N,%)

       

   - Asylum

61

68%

7

78%

54

67%

 

   - Education

23

26%

1

11%

22

27%

 

   - Other

6

7%

1

11%

5

6%

0.53

Previous schistosomiasis therapy (N,%)

6

6.7%

1

1%

5

6%

0.57

Previous strongyloides therapy (N,%)

2

2.2%

1

1%

1

1%

0.15

Eosionophils (x103cells/mm3) (mean [CI])

0.16

[0.11-0.2]

0.30

[0.30]

0.15

[0.16]

0.021

Hemoglobin (g/dL) (mean [CI])

12

[12–13]

13

[1]

12

[1]

0.28

MCV (fL) (mean [CI])

84

[82–87]

84

[7]

85

[11]

0.86

CRP (mg/l) (mean [CI]) (n = 79)

5

[3–5]

7(n = 9)

[4]

5(n = 70)

[5]

0.25

ESR (mm/hr) (mean [CI]) (n = 63)

29

[22–37]

22(n = 7)

[28]

31(n = 61)

[28]

0.43

WBC (x109/L) (mean [CI])

5

[4–5]

4

[1]

5

[1]

0.89

Lymphocytes (x109/L) (mean [CI])

2

[1.5-2]

2

[0.6]

2

[0.6]

0.54

Symptoms (N,%)

       

   - Abdominal pain

7

7.8%

0

0%

7

9%

0.35

   - Diarrhoea

1

1%

0

0

1

1%

0.73

   - Haematuria

1

1%

0

0

1

1%

0.73

   - Dyspnoea

5

6%

0

0

5

6%

0.44

   - Wheeze

3

3%

0

0

3

4%

0.55

   - Cough

5

6%

1

11%

4

5%

0.44

   - Skin eruptions

10

11%

1

11%

9

11%

1

   - Any above listed symptom

32

36%

2

22%

30

37%

0.37

  1. CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, MCV mean corpuscular volume, N number, WCC white cell count.
  2. Data set was complete for all fields except for ESR and CRP where n = 63 and 79 respectively as outlined in table.
  3. Region of origin was defined according to the United Nations- Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#africa).