Research Article
Prevalence of Oral Manifestations and Their Association with CD4/CD8 Ratio and HIV Viral Load in South India
Table 1
Demographics and laboratory parameters of study cohort.
| Variable | Total no. of patients () | No. of patients with oral manifestations (83/103) |
| Gender | | | Male | 70 | 58 (82.9%) | Female | 33 | 25 (75.8%) | Mode of transmission | | | Heterosexual mode | 101 | 81 (80.1%) | Homosexual mode | 2 | 2 (100%) | Antiretroviral therapy | | | Yes | 42 | 33 (78.6%) | No | 61 | 50 (82.0%) | Smoker | | | Yes | 32 | 29 (90.6%) | No | 71 | 54 (76.1%) | Alcohol consumption | | | Yes | 48 | 39 (81.3%) | No | 55 | 44 (80%) | Absolute CD4/CD8 ratio staging | | | Group I (0.01–0.30) | 69 | 61 (88.4%) | Group II (0.31–0.60) | 28 | 18 (64.2%) | Group III (>0.60) | 6 | 04 (66.7%) |
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