Acute retroviral syndrome and high baseline viral load are predictors of rapid HIV progression among untreated Argentinean seroconverters

Table 2 Factors associated with severe symptomatic PHI (univariate analysis) (n = 26)

Risk factor	OR (95%CI)	p
Age at seroconversion > 30 years	1.36 (0.63-2.92)	0.495
Male sex	2.52 (0.63-10.04)	0.246
Mode of HIV transmission (MSM)	1.14 (0.51-2.55)	0.58
Diagnosis based on physician suspicion	5.06 (1.83-14.04)	< 0.001
CD4 cell count < 350 cells/mm³	3.72 (1.83-7.58)	0.001
HIV RNA > 100,000 copies/mL	3.72 (1.58-8.77)	0.001
Year of diagnosis ≥ 2005	0.79 (0.37-1.70)	0.619