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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 15;49(10):1570–1578. doi: 10.1086/644772

Table 3. Risk-adjusted life expectancy and years of life lost due to suboptimal HIV care stratified by gender and race/ethnicity.

Race/ethnicity Gender Life expectancy (years) Years of life lost (vs. guideline-concordant)

Guideline-concordant treatment Actual treatment use in the HRN Late ART initiation Early ART discontinuation Late ART initiation and Early ART discontinuation
Overall Total 22.66 19.36 2.60 0.70 3.30
Women 19.80 17.14 1.86 0.80 2.66
Men 23.56 20.09 2.86 0.60 3.46

Black Total 20.47 17.46 2.43 0.58 3.01
Women 19.11 16.52 1.85 0.73 2.59
Men 21.16 17.94 2.75 0.46 3.22

Hispanic Total 24.08 20.18 3.06 0.85 3.90
Women 22.63 18.87 2.30 1.46 3.76
Men 24.48 20.57 3.27 0.64 3.91

White Total 25.41 22.19 2.46 0.76 3.22
Women 21.62 19.56 1.53 0.53 2.06
Men 25.94 22.54 2.61 0.78 3.39

ART: antiretroviral therapy; HRN: HIV Research Network