Table 1.
Baseline Demographics and Frequency of Salivary HIV-1 Shedding (n = 127 WIHS participants)
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| All participants, baseline salivary shedding | 48/127 (38)a |
| Age (median, 35 yrs; IQR, 29-43 yrs) | |
| < 30 | 14/32 (44) |
| 30-39 | 18/43 (42) |
| 40-49 | 13/45 (29) |
| 50+ | 3/7 (43) |
| Race | |
| White | 1/5 (20) |
| Black | 22/55 (40) |
| Hispanic | 25/66 (38) |
| Other | 0/1 (0) |
| AIDS | |
| No | 35/98 (36) |
| Yes | 13/29 (45) |
| CD4+ cells (median, 400; IQR, 246-551) | |
| 500+ | 7/38 (18) |
| 350-499 | 10/38 (26) |
| 200-349 | 19/30 (63) |
| < 200 | 12/21 (57) |
| HIV-1 RNA in plasma (median, 1055; IQR, 80-13,000) | |
| < 1000 | 5/63 (8)b |
| 1000-9999 | 16/30 (53) |
| 10,000+ | 26/33 (79) |
| ARV therapy | |
| None | 25/42 (60) |
| Mono/Combo | 5/16 (31) |
| HAART | 18/69 (26) |
a
No. with salivary shedding/total no. in demographic category (percent with salivary shedding).
b
One participant with missing viral load at baseline.
Viral load in plasma was censored at 80 copies/mL.