Baseline characteristics of HIV-1 patients with or without AIDS progression in a Han Chinese population in Taiwan.

Statistical significance at paThe age with HIV-1 antibody positive means the age of the person when he/she was examined with the earlist positive for HIV-1 antibody result. The HIV-1 antibody positive results were from the database of the department of medical and laboratory examination of our hospital.bp-value = 0.993 by using the unpaired Student t test. The total observation time is the duration between the lastest visiting date and the date when the person was examined with the earlist HIV-1 antibody positive result.cp-value dp-value ep-value = 0.351 by using the unpaired Student t test. The CD8 count at enrollment was measured in peripheral blood sampled in the first 3–27 months when he/she was examined with the earlist HIV-1 antibody positive result. Any measurements taken after the start of anti-retroviral therapy were not used in any analysis.