Table 1.
Patient Characteristics (N = 554)
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Mean age, y (SD) | 41.6 (7.7) |
| Female, % | 15.2 |
| Race, % | |
| White | 73.2 |
| African American | 14.5 |
| Hispanic | 6.9 |
| Other | 5.4 |
| High school graduates, % | 88.2 |
| HIV risk factor, % | |
| Male-to-male sexual contact only | 57.4 |
| Male-to-female sexual contact only | 6.0 |
| IDU only | 8.5 |
| Other (including combinations of risk factors) | 28.0 |
| No health insurance, % | 11.7 |
| Homeless/temporary housing, % | 5.5 |
| Duration of physician-patient relationship > 2 years, % | 70.0 |
| Beliefs about antiretroviral therapy | |
| Believes antiretroviral therapy is “very important,”% | 87.2 |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Mean number of pills per day (SD) | 18.5 (10.1) |
| Mean physical health (SD) | 52.1 (8.3) |
| Mean mental health (SD) | 51.4 (8.9) |
| Mean CD4 cell count (cells/mm3) (SD) | 432 (264) |
| Viral load, % nondetectable | 43.4 |
Here we present viral load results only for patients who had a viral load <3 months before the study visit (n = 392). Viral loads were done in numerous laboratories, with no consistent definition of “nondetectable.” In most the definition was <50 copies/ml, but in some it was <400 copies/ml.
SD, standard deviation, IDU, injection drug use.