Table 1:   PREVALENCE OF CURRENT SYMPTOMS IN DIFFERENT PATIENT POPULATIONS WITH HIV INFECTION

Moss Foley Fantoni Larue Kelleher
(U.K.) (Canada) (Italy) (France) (U.K.)
(n=100) (n=100) (n=1128) (n=314) (n=118)
% (rank) % (rank) % (rank) % (rank) % (rank)
Weight loss 85% (1)1 91% (1)2 - - - 31% (6) 58% (1)
Anorexia 44% (3) - - - 34% (2) - - - 38% (3)
Pain 71% (2) 63% (3) 29% (4) 52% (1) 55% (2)
Cough 30% (5) 34% (8) 32% (3) 27% (8) 19% (6)
Dyspnea/resp. symptoms 17% (11) 48% (5) 19% (6) 22% (12) 15% (9)
Fatigue - - -3 77% (2) 55% (1) 50% (2) - - -
Nausea / vomiting 24% (8) 35% (7) 22% (5) 28% (7) 17% (8)
Cognitive dysfunction 32% (4) 43% (6) - - - - - - 19% (7)
Depression 26% (7) 32% (9)4 - - - 26% (10) 10% (12)4
Anxiety - - - - - - - - - 40% (3) - - -
Diarrhea 23% (9) - - - 11% (8) 24% (11) 14% (10)
Mouth sores - - - - - - - - - 33% (5) - - -
Fever/sweats - - - - - - - - - 27% (9) - - -
Pruritis / dry skin 27% (6) 24% (11) 17% (7) 23% (12) - - -
Constipation 22% (10) 23% (12) - - - - - - 25% (4)
Visual loss - - - 25% (10) 12% (9) - - - - - -
Headache 11% (12) - - - - - - - - - 11% (11)
Hemiparesis/ataxia - - - - - - - - - - - - 23% (5)
Incontinence - - - 55% (4) - - - - - - - - -
Insomnia - - - - - - - - - 37% (4) - - -

1 Includes fatigue
2 Includes anorexia
3 Indicates that the symptom was not included as a separate category for this study population. See references 29-33 in print-friendly version.
4 Includes anxiety

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