Table 1.

Baseline Patient Characteristics

	HIV-Uninfected	HIV-Infected
Number	15	12
Male	11 (73%)	6 (50%)
Female	4 (27%)	6 (50%)
Age in years (median)	12.2 – 18 (16.4)	15.8 – 24.9 (21.6)
Plasma HIV RNA (median)	N/A	<400 – 51,600 (1038)
No. with plasma HIV RNA <400 copies/ml	N/A	6 (50%)
Absolute CD4 count (median)	N/A	52 – 560 (459)
No. on antiretroviral therapy	N/A	5 (42%)

N/A = not applicable