Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study samples
HIV− Reference Sample (N=172) |
HIV+ Reference Sample (N=124) |
Total Reference Sample (HIV− & HIV+) (N=296) |
HIV− Validation Sample (N=111) |
P1 | P2 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 37.86 (11.30) | 43.93 (8.89) | 40.40 (10.8) | 33.95 (8.12) | <.0001 | <.0001 |
Education | 12.92 (2.35) | 12.85 (2.27) | 12.9 (2.32) | 14.30 (2.57) | .80 | <.0001 |
Gender (% male) | 64.5% | 78.2% | 70% | 77% | .01 | .19 |
Ethnicity (% Caucasian) | 68% | 44% | 58% | 66% | <.0001 | .19 |
% HIV+ clinically stable | - | 100% | 41.8% | 0% | - | - |
% Baseline NP impairment | 22% | 28% | 25% | 15% | .22 | .05 |
Overall impairment (GDS) | 0.32 (0.38) | 0.41 (0.48) | 0.36 (0.43) | 0.29 (0.32) | .08 | .08 |
GDS: Global Deficit Score
P-value1: comparisons between the HIV+ and HIV− samples
P-value2: comparisons between the reference and the validation samples