Infection with HIV and HCV enhances the release of fatty acid synthase into circulation: evidence for a novel indicator of viral infection

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients (n = 191)

Characteristics	Values
Age, years	38.8 (0.51)
Gender, male (%)	127 (66.5)
BMI, kg/m ²	22.93 (0.26)
Current smokers, n (%)	154 (80.6)
Lipodystrophy, n (%)	47 (24.1)
Time of sero-prevalence, years	4.29 (0.3)
Risk factors for HIV, n (%)
Intravenous drug users	113 (59.2)
Heterosexual contact	54 (28.3)
Male homosexual contact	24 (12.5)
Treatment scheme, n (%)
Untreated	51 (26.7)
Non-nucleoside analogues	76 (39.8)
Protease inhibitors	64 (33.5)
Undetectable HIV-1 viral load ^a , n (%)	114 (59.7)
CD4+ T lymphocyte count, cells/mL	459 (22.8)
HCV co-infection, n (%)	115 (60.2)
HCV genotypes, %
I	78.3
II	3.8
III	14.9
IV	3.0
Log-HCV viral load, copies/mL	5.89 (1.14)

Values are the mean and the standard errors of the mean (S.E.M.), unless otherwise indicated.
^a Limit of detection: 40 copies/mL.

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