. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Jul 1;51(3):274–282. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a97be5

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study subjects

		Total (n=146)
Age at baseline	median (range)	35 (16,70)
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic White	24 (16%)
	Non-Hispanic Black	64 (44%)
	Hispanic	51 (35%)
	Asian	5 (3%)
	Native American	1 (<1%)
	Other/unknown	1 (<1%)
Sexually active at baseline?	Yes	84 (56%)
Cigarette smoker at baseline	Ever	70 (48%)
	Current	41 (28%)
IDU^* at baseline	Never	131 (90%)
	Previously	15 (10%)
Baseline CD4 count	median (Interquartile-range)	238 cells/mm³ (121, 339)
Baseline plasma HIV 1 viral load	median (Interquartile-range)	13,894 copies/mL (1,378, 59,556)

Injecting drug use history