Table 1. Study populations demographic.

	Controls (n = 70)	HIV positive
		Progressors (n = 59)	NVS (n = 43)
Ethnicity	AA(93%)	AA(95%)	AA(100%)
Gender	M(38%), F(62%)	M(70%), F(30%)	M(49%), F(51%)
HIV status	Negative	Positive	Positive
HAART	no	On HAART	No HAART (except pregnancy prophylaxis)

Abbreviations: AA, African Americans; NVS, Natural Virus Suppressors; M, Male; F, Female; HAART, Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy.

The populations were mostly African Americans (AA), except for a small percentage of progressors and controls, which was composed of Caucasians and Asians. HIV progressors contained a higher proportion of males and this reflects our HIV clinic populations.