Table. 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of recruited subjects

Demographic data

 Median age in years (IQR)

36 (32–44)

47 (43–54)

< 0.0001^a

 Gender -female n (%)

28 (70)

96 (83.5)

0.0019^b

Clinical data

Median Years on treatment (IQR)

N/A

9 (7–12)

 Missing data

n = 26

Median current CD4 count cells/cm³ (IQR).

N/A

503 (329–633)

 Missing data

n = 7

Median baseline CD4 count cells/cm³ (IQR)

299 (160–486)

147 (65–217)

< 0.0001^a

  Missing data

n = 5

n = 41

Current ART regimen (%)

  NNRTI based first line regimen

N/A

94(81.7)

  PI based second line regimen

N/A

20 (17.4)

 Missing data

1 (0.9)

HIV quantification

 Median Viral load copies/ml (IQR)

45,837 (7325-176350)

N/A

 Median proviral load copies/million PBMCs(IQR)

1422 (571–2831)

464.3 (235–758)

< 0.0001^a

Serology-positive (%)

 Hepatitis C

2 (1.73)

 Epstein Barr virus

115 (100)

 Cytomegalovirus

107 (93.0)