Table 1.
Comparison of Interviewed Patients (N=871) and Full HIVRN Medical Record Data (n= 13,029)
| Overall Dataset Adult Patients Enrolled in 13 HIV Research Network Sites |
Interview Dataset | Cramer’s V Statistic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male Sex | 70% | 67% | −0.016 |
| Race | |||
| White | 29% | 28% | |
| Black | 49% | 56% | 0.048 |
| Hispanic | 20% | 13% | |
| Other/Unknown | 2.0% | 3.0% | |
| Transmission Method* | |||
| IDU | 25% | 28% | |
| MSM | 36% | 34% | 0.023 |
| HET | 33% | 30% | |
| First CD4 cell count | |||
| >50 | 8% | 6% | |
| 50–199 | 18% | 16% | |
| 200–499 | 43% | 45% | 0.018 |
| ≥500 | 31% | 33% | |
| HIV-1 RNA | |||
| <400 | 56% | 51% | |
| ≥400 | 44% | 49% | 0.026 |
*
IDU-Injection drug use, MSM- Men who have sex with men, HET- heterosexuals. For comparability, analyses exclude interview data from one site that did not provide medical record data in 2003. Missing data also excluded for comparability. Cramer’s V statistic measures strength of association and ranges from −1 to +1, with 0 indicating no association.