Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

Patient number

295

15

310

Median age (range) years

40 (4–60)

40 (8–73)

40 (4–73)

Gender

Female, n (%)

184 (62.4)

12 (80)

196 (63)

Male, n (%)

111 (37.6)

3 (20)

114 (37)

Median CD4 cell count (range) cells/ml

462 (6–2028)

392 (219–960)

459 (6–2028)

HBsAg +ve, n (%)

47 (15.9)

3 (20)

50 (16.1)

HBV DNA, n (%)

35 (11.9)

1 (6)

36 (11.6)

Median HBV viral load (copies/ml)

1.44 × 10⁵

4.36 × 10⁶

1.39 × 10⁵

Anti-HDV, n (%)

2 (0.7)

0 (0)

2 (0.6)

HDV-RNA, n (%)

7 (2.4)

1 (6)

8 (2.6)