Table 1.

Patient Characteristics (n = 190)

Characteristic	n(%)
Age (median), years	39
Female	25 (13)
HIV risk factor
Unprotected homosexual male contact	147 (77)
Injection drug use	22 (12)
Heterosexual contact or transfusion	21 (11)
CD4 cell count before first elevated viral load
<200	103 (54)
200–500	66 (35)
>500	21 (11)
AIDS diagnosis	120 (63)
History of pneumocystis pneumonia	32 (17)
History of depression	101 (53)
Care by low-volume physician	57 (30)
Care by faculty-level physician	133 (70)