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Table 1 Comparison of characteristics between responders and non-responders (anti-HBs ≥ 10 mIU/ml)

From: Higher rate of long-term serologic response of four double doses vs. standard doses of hepatitis B vaccination in HIV-infected adults: 4-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

Predictive factors

Responders (n = 90)

Non-responders (n = 36)

P-value

Age at primary vaccination, years (mean ± SD)

40.9 ± 6.1

43.3 ± 7.4

0.066

Male

23 (25.6%)

9 (25.0%)

0.948

Underlying diseases

 Diabetes

10 (11.1%)

6 (16.7%)

0.397

 Dyslipidemia

12 (13.3%)

8 (22.2%)

0.217

 Hypertension

6 (16.7%)

15 (16.7%)

1.000

Risk of HIV acquisition

0.443

 Heterosexual

34 (94.4%)

87 (96.7%)

 

 Homosexual (MSM)

1 (2.8%)

1 (1.1%)

 

 IVDU

0

1 (1.1%)

 

 Blood transfusion

1 (2.8%)

0

 

 Unknown

0

1 (1.1%)

 

cART regimen

0.664

 NNRTI-based

81 (90%)

33 (91.7%)

 

 PI-based

8 (8.9%)

2 (5.6%)

 

 Others

1 (1.1%)

1 (2.8%)

 

History of HIV-drug resistance

6 (6.7%)

3 (8.3%)

0.743

Duration of cART, years (median, IQR)

7.0 (2.7, 8.6)

6.8 (5.2, 8.5)

0.797

Initial CD4+ cell count, cells/mm3 (median (IQR))

482 (395, 627)

407 (340, 631)

0.315

Current CD4+ cell count, cells/mm3 [median (IQR)]

609 (480, 818)

588 (493, 744)

0.574

Vaccination schedule

0.040

 Standard doses

24 (26.7%)

18 (50.0%)

 

 Four doses

33 (36.7%)

10 (27.8%)

 

 Four double doses

33 (36.7%)

8 (22.2%)

 
  1. cART combination antiretroviral therapy, IQR interquartile range, IVDU intravenous drug use, mm3 cubic millimeter, MSM men who have sex with men, NNRTI non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, PI protease inhibitor, SD standard deviation