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Table 1 Characteristics of PLWH and HIV-free people with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China (N = 1,909)

From: People living with HIV with the Omicron variant infection have milder COVID-19 symptoms: results from a cross-sectional study

 

PLWH

(n = 687)

HIV-free

(n = 1222)

p value

 

Male

580 (84.4%)

484 (39.6%)

< 0.001

 

Age, years, median (IQR)

34 (29–42)

35 (30–44)

0.006

 

BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR)

20.05 (20.24–23.87)

22.40 (20.57–24.77)

< 0.001

 

COVID-19 vaccination

  

< 0.001

 

 Unvaccinated

68 (9.9%)

42 (3.4%)

  

 One dose/two doses

150 (21.8%)

234 (19.1%)

  

 Three doses/four doses§

469 (68.3%)

946 (77.4%)

  

Comorbidities

217 (31.6%)

152 (12.4%)

< 0.001

 

 Chronic pulmonary diseases

33 (4.8%)

18 (1.5%)

  

 Diabetes

17 (2.4%)

17 (1.4%)

  

 Chronic kidney diseases

12 (1.7%)

4 (0.3%)

  

 Chronic liver diseases

20 (2.9%)

29 (2.4%)

  

 Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

39 (5.6%)

73 (6.0%)

  

 Autoimmune disease

128 (18.6%)

21 (1.7%)

  

 Cancer

5 (0.7%)

13 (1.1%)

  

CD4 T count, cells/µL

    

 0-199

47 (6.8%)

··

··

 

 200–349

91 (13.2%)

··

··

 

 350–499

179 (26.1%)

··

··

 

 ≥ 500

269 (39.2%)

··

··

 

 Unknown

101 (14.7%)

··

··

 

HIV viral load

    

 Undetectable

483 (70.3%)

··

··

 

 Detectable

81 (11.8%)

··

··

 

 Unknown

123 (17.9%)

··

··

 

On ART

667 (97.1%)

··

··

 

Symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection

    

 Any symptom

604 (87.9%)

1162 (95.1%)

< 0.001

 

 Fever

501 (72.9%)

1024 (83.8%)

< 0.001

 

 Nasal congestion/runny nose

401 (58.4%)

877 (71.8%)

< 0.001

 

 Sore/dry throat

422 (61.4%)

896 (73.3%)

< 0.001

 

 Headache

408 (59.4%)

826 (67.6%)

< 0.001

 

 Cough

423 (61.6%)

922 (75.5%)

< 0.001

 

 Chest pain

68 (9.9%)

165 (13.5%)

0.021

 

 Chest tightness

76 (11.1%)

214 (17.5%)

< 0.001

 

 Fatigue

307 (44.7%)

740 (60.6%)

< 0.001

 

 Muscle soreness

376 (54.7%)

832 (68.1%)

< 0.001

 

 Decreased/lost smell

153 (22.3%)

439 (35.9%)

< 0.001

 

 Decreased or lost taste

203 (29.5%)

520 (42.6%)

< 0.001

 

 Diarrhea

123 (17.9%)

296 (24.2%)

0.001

 

 Conjunctivitis

12 (1.7%)

38 (3.1%)

0.074

 

Degree of fever

  

< 0.001

 

 < 37.3℃

186 (27.1%)

199 (16.3%)

··

 

 37.3–38.0℃

122 (17.8%)

188 (15.4%)

··

 

 38.1–39.0℃

276 (40.2%)

542 (44.4%)

··

 

 ≥ 39.1℃

103 (15.0%)

293 (24.0%)

··

 

Duration of fever

  

< 0.001

 

 No fever

186 (27.1%)

199 (16.3%)

··

 

 ≤ 3 days

403 (58.7%)

746 (61.0%)

··

 

 3–5 days

84 (12.2%)

255 (20.9%)

··

 

 >5 days

14 (2.0%)

22 (1.8%)

··

 
  1. § Four doses COVID-19 vaccines refers to three doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines plus one dose of recombinant adenovirus type 5 (AD5)-vectored COVID-19 vaccine. Data are median (IQR) or n (%). PLWH = people living with HIV. BMI = body mass index. ART = antiretroviral therapy