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Table 1 Characteristics of AIDS patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and cytomegalovirus pneumonia

From: Differences and similarities of high-resolution computed tomography features between pneumocystis pneumonia and cytomegalovirus pneumonia in AIDS patients

 

PJP (n = 78)

CMV-P (n = 34)

P-value

Age (years), median (IQR)

33 (29, 45)

38 (29, 48)

0.12

Male, n (%)

75 (96.15)

33 (97.06)

0.81

Weight (kg), mean(SD)

64.05 (11.20)

62.82 (9.99)

0.58

Transmission route, n (%)

  

0.41

 Homosexual

25 (32.05)

12 (35.29)

 

 Heterosexual

9 (11.54)

1 (2.94)

 

 Intravenous drug

1 (1.28)

0

 

 Blood transfusion

3 (3.85)

1 (2.94)

 

 Unknown

40 (51.28)

20 (58.82)

 

Leukocyte count (× 109/L), median (IQR)

5.50 (3.64, 8.57)

4.52 (3.20, 6.85)

0.22

Neutrophil percentage(%), median (IQR)

79.39 (61.08, 86.42)

68.15 (56.18, 79.50)

0.01

Lymphocyte percentage (%), median (IQR)

11.91 (8.48, 19.54)

18.20 (12.10, 27.24)

0.02

CRP (mg/L), median (IQR)

12.65 (3.40, 36.23)

13.30 (2.70, 35.23)

0.75

HIV viral load log10 (copy/ml), median (IQR)

5.50 (5.17, 5.93)

5.19 (4.51, 5.67)

0.02

CD4 T cell count (cells/μl), median (IQR)

22 (9, 47.75)

22.50 (13, 77)

0.28

CD8 T cell count (cells/μl), median (IQR)

458 (329.75, 679)

485.50 (323.75, 779.50)

0.54

CD4/CD8 ratio (%), median (IQR)

0.05 (0.02, 0.10)

0.06 (0.02, 0.16)

0.48

  1. PJP Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, CMV-P cytomegalovirus pneumonia, CRP C-reactive protein, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation