Table 1 Demographic characteristics and clinical data of the volunteers
From: Safety and tolerance of lymph node biopsies from chronic HIV-1 volunteers in rural Tanzania
Volunteer ID | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V1 | V2 | V3 | V4 | V5 | V6 | V7 | V8 | V9 | |
Age | 40 | 55 | 42 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 37 | 26 | 30 |
Gender | F | F | F | F | F | M | F | M | M |
BMI | 18.7 | 22.2 | 28.4 | 24.9 | 21.3 | 23 | 31.6 | 18.8 | 29.7 |
Marital status | Divorced | Divorced | Divorced | Single | Single | Married | Married | Single | Single |
CD4 count (cells/ml) | 538 | 662 | 1302 | 846 | 679 | 594 | 434 | 665 | 566 |
HIV-1 RNA (copies/ml) | 1670 | 68,300 | < 50 | 8150 | 725 | 113,200 | 72,200 | 53,900 | 1210 |
Hb (g/l) | 13.9 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 13.7 |
Syphilis | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative |
Hepatitis B | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative |
Clinical presentation | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy |
Reason for HIV-1 testing | Ear injury | History of herpes zoster lesions | Chronic body malaise | Marital requirement | Employer request | Wife’s antenatal clinic visit | Referred | Voluntary Testing | Voluntary Testing |