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. 2006 Sep;60(9):811–818. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.044644

Table 3 Antiretroviral therapy use, adherence, immunological and virological markers by time since HAART initiation stratified by HIV RNA ⩾ 300 or <300 copies/ml at the fifth year after HAART initiation.

Years from HAART initiation HIV RNA <300 copies/ml at fifth year after HAART (n = 517) HIV RNA ⩾300 copies/ml at fifth year after HAART (n = 423)
⩾−1 and <0 ⩾0 and <1 ⩾1 and <3 ⩾3 and <5 ⩾−1 and <0 ⩾0 and <1 ⩾1 and <3 ⩾3 and <5
Number of person visits 913 887 1660 1753 757 705 1307 1332
NRTI, %
  = 0 31 0 0 0 26 0 0 0
  = 1 17 2 9 9 22 4 12 10
 ⩾2 52 98 91 91 52 96 88 90
PI, %
  = 0 95 12 16 41 93 9 16 31
  = 1 4 76 68 43 7 75 61 45
 ⩾2 1 12 16 16 <1 16 23 24
NNRTI, %
  = 0 >99 83 68 54 99 85 65 54
  = 1 <1 17 32 45 1 15 34 44
 ⩾2 0 0 <1 1 0 0 1 2
Adherence, % n = 125 n = 1207 n = 1740 n = 77 n = 902 n = 1317
 100 NA 39 42 40 NA 36 36 34
 95–99 NA 40 45 47 NA 38 39 41
 75–94 NA 15 9 12 NA 22 18 17
 <75 NA 6 4 1 NA 4 7 8
CD4 (cells/mm3)
 Median 313 386 470 528 249 318 352 339
 IQR 178–461 246–550 306–656 351–728 150–400 199–461 213–532 196–541
HIV RNA (copies/ml)
 Median 13244 115 <80 <80 28000 2554 3500 4365
 IQR 3744–64000 <80–1551 <50–505 <50–80 5500–110000 200–19000 320–23000 690–23195