Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the HIV-associated cardiomyopathy cases and HIV-positive controls

	HIVAC	HIV positive controls	P value
Median Age (IQR, ± Stdev)	35 (27–41, ± 9.3)	34 (30–38, ± 7.7)	0.93
Gender
Male	18 (60%)	20 (52.6%)	0.54*
female	12 (40%)	17 (45.9%)
Mean LVEF (± Stdev)	33.4 (± 11.8)	66.7 (± 11.3)	0.0001
Mean LVIDd (± Stdev)	5.9 (± 0.88)	4.4 (± 0.50)	0.0001
Mean CD4 count (± Stdev)	260.7 (± 213.8)	176.1 (± 152.7)	0.21
RNA viral load (median)	680,774.2 (92,000)	231,574.8 (66,000)	0.16
Number	30	37

HIVAC, HIV-associated cardiomyopathy; IQR, inter-quartile range; Stdev, standard deviation; * Mann-Whitney non-parametric test; LVIDd: left ventricular internal dimension in diastole