Investigation of Small Bowel Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Patients Using Capsule Endoscopy

Table 1

Characteristics of enrolled patients.

	HIV-infected; patients	Control subjects	value
Number	27	21
Sex
Male	26 (96%)	19 (90%)	0.57
Female	1 (4%)	2 (10%)
Age, mean ± SD, year	45.0 ± 10.2	32.2 ± 4.3	<0.001
Smoking habit	9 (33%)	6 (29%)	0.76
Alcohol intake	8 (30%)	8 (38%)	0.56
Clinical symptoms
Abdominal pain	2 (7%)	0 (0%)	0.50
Diarrhea	16 (63%)	0 (0%)	<0.001
Gastrointestinal bleeding	2 (7%)	0 (0%)	0.50
Duration after initial; diagnosis, median; (range), year	4.0 (0–20)	n.a.	n.a.
HAART	18 (67%)	n.a.	n.a.

HAART: highly active antienteroviral therapy; values were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test or Student’s t-test for age.