Table 1.
Comparison of Baseline Characteristics of Women in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study Cohort, by HIV Status and Survival during Follow-up
| Risk Factor | HIV Infected
|
Non-AIDS Deaths (n = 91)
|
Not HIV Infected
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive (n = 1608)
|
AIDS Deaths (n = 294)
|
P Value* | Alive (n = 552)
|
Deaths (n = 17)
|
P Value* | |||
| N (%) or Median | N (%) or Median | P Value* | N (%) or Median | |||||
| HIV RNA (copies/mL) | 14,000 | 220,000 | <0.0001 | 54,500 | <0.0001 | — | — | — |
| Depression | 883 (55) | 170 (58) | 0.36 | 57 (63) | 0.15 | 292 (53) | 14 (82) | 0.02 |
| Abuse history† | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6/9 (67) | 0.72 |
| Hepatitis B | 317 (20) | 55 (19) | 0.75 | 32 (35) | 0.0007 | 67 (12) | 4 (24) | 0.14 |
| Hepatitis C | 632 (39) | 121 (41) | 0.56 | 62 (68) | <0.0001 | 145 (26) | 12 (71) | <0.0001 |
| Injection drug use history | 633 (39) | 108 (37) | 0.40 | 68 (75) | <0.0001 | 176 (32) | 13 (76) | 0.0003 |
| Recent drug use | 167 (10) | 25 (9) | 0.40 | 18 (20) | 0.009 | 65 (12) | 6 (35) | 0.01 |
| Smoking | 0.22 | <0.0001 | 0.12 | |||||
| Current | 876 (54) | 150 (51) | — | 70 (77) | — | 347 (63) | 15 (88) | — |
| Previous | 264 (16) | 60 (20) | — | 13 (14) | — | 61 (11) | 0 | — |
| Never | 449 (28) | 78 (27) | — | 8 (9) | — | 137 (25) | 2 (12) | — |
| Alcohol use‡ | 125 (8) | 15 (5) | 0.14 | 10 (11) | 0.24 | 53 (10) | 5 (29) | 0.02 |
| Cocaine or heroin use§ | 405 (25) | 81 (28) | 0.38 | 29 (32) | 0.17 | 177 (32) | 12 (71) | 0.003 |
| Age (years) | 36 | 37 | 0.02 | 41 | <0.0001 | 35 | 39 | 0.03 |
| Race | 0.16 | 0.30 | 1.00 | |||||
| White | 343 (21) | 60 (20) | — | 20 (22) | — | 105 (19) | 3 (18) | — |
| Latino | 395 (25) | 59 (20) | — | 16 (18) | — | 153 (28) | 5 (29) | — |
| Black | 867 (54) | 175 (60) | — | 55 (60) | — | 293 (53) | 9 (53) | — |
| HIV risk|| | 0.45 | <0.0001 | 0.01 | |||||
| Injection drugs | 529 (33) | 85 (29) | — | 52 (57) | — | 147 (27) | 11 (65) | — |
| Heterosexual sex | 663 (41) | 132 (45) | — | 26 (29) | — | 142 (26) | 3 (18) | — |
| Transfusion | 61 (4) | 14 (5) | — | 2 (2) | — | 15 (3) | 0 | — |
| None identified | 339 (21) | 60 (20) | — | 10 (11) | — | 243 (44) | 3 (18) | — |
*
P values for comparison between women who died (AIDS, non-AIDS, or not HIV infected) with those who were alive.
†
Sexual, physical, or emotional, excluding California sites.
‡
Drinks 5 to 7 days per week.
§
Noninjection use.
||
Likely cause of HIV infection.
AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; RNA = ribonucleic acid.