Table 2.
Characteristics of the study population
| Total | 3223 |
| Males (%) | 2412 (74.8%) |
| Age at time of HIV diagnosis (years, median, IQR) | 35.0 (28.8–43) |
| Route of infection: | |
| Homosexual (%) | 1369 (42.8%) |
| Heterosexual (%) | 1268 (39.6%) |
| Intravenous drug use (%) | 383 (12.0%) |
| Other/unknown | 181 (5.7%) |
| Race: | |
| Caucasian (%) | 2539 (79.2%) |
| Black (%) | 438 (13.7%) |
| Asian (%) | 140 (4.4%) |
| Other (%) | 90 (2.8%) |
| CD4 count µl−1 at diagnosis (median, IQR) | 330 (140–530) |
| Log (HIV-RNA ml−1) at diagnosis (median, IQR) | 4.74 (4.0–5.3) |
| Hepatitis B (%) | 176 (5.5%) |
| Hepatitis C (%) | 448 (13.9%) |
| Received diagnosis of HIV infection before 1 January 1997 (%) | 1029 (31.9%) |
| Initiated HAART (%) | 2373 (73.6%) |
| Time from diagnosis of HIV infection to HAART initiation (median years, IQR) | 1.03 (0.096–5.81) |