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Table 2 Frequency of sociodemographic variables in coinfected and monoinfected patients

From: MBL2 gene polymorphisms in HHV-8 infection in people living with HIV/AIDS

Variables

HIV/HHV-8 n = 124

HIV n = 213

p valuea

OR (95% CI)

Age

42.8 (± 11.9)b

42.7 (± 11)b

0.9c

Sex

 Male

87 (70.2%)

131 (62.5%)

Reference

 Female

37 (29.8%)

82 (38.5%)

0.1

1.5 (0.9–2.4)

Ethnicityd

 Mulattos

56 (45.2%)

101 (47.4%)

Reference

 White

36 (29.0%)

60 (28.2%)

0.8

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

 Black

30 (24.2%)

48 (22.5%)

0.8

0.9 (0.5–1.5)

 Amerindians

1 (0.8%)

3 (1.4%)

1.0

1.7 (0.2–16.4)

 Asians

1 (0.8%)

1 (0.5%)

1.0

0.5 (0.03–9.0)

  1. OR Odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. ap values Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test
  3. bValues referring to mean age with the standard deviation indicated in parentheses
  4. cp values ANOVA test
  5. dBased on ethnic self-identification, according to the classification system of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics