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Table 1 Characteristics of 24 HIV-positive MSM with sexually acquired acute hepatitis C virus infection in Hong Kong

From: Diverse origins of hepatitis C virus in HIV co-infected men who have sex with men in Hong Kong

Characteristics

  

Median age at estimated HCV infection, years (IQR)

32

(27–41)

Ethnicity, n (%)

  

  Chinese

21

(87.5)

  non-Chinese

3

(12.5)

Time since HIV infection, years (IQR)

5.0

(2.3–8.2)

On HAART, n (%)

23

(95.8)

Median time from HIV diagnosis to estimated HCV infection, years (IQR)

3.1

(1.2–6.5)

HIV subtype (N = 22), n (%)

  

  B

15

(68.2)

  CRF01_AE

6

(27.3)

  CRF07_BC

1

(4.5)

  1. HAART highly active antiretroviral therapy, HCV hepatitis C virus, IQR interquartile range, MSM men who have sex with men
  2. Of those HCV RNA-positive patients