Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics at Entry to HIV Care Between 1999 and 2009 Stratified by Race/Ethnicity and Sex

	Males			Females			Total
Variable	Latino	White	Black	Latino	White	Black	Latino	White	Black
	(n = 74)	(n = 179)	(n = 336)	(n = 23)	(n = 57)	(n = 184)	(n = 97)	(n = 236)	(n = 520)
Median CD4+ cell count, cells/mm3a (IQR)	169bc (60–312)	249 (79–484)	279 (53–454)	294 (39–432)	352 (150–547)	338 (67–549)	186bc (57–340)	292 (86–496)	302 (56–505)
Median log viral loadd (IQR)	5.1c (4.6–5.6)	5.1 (4.5–5.7)	4.9 (4.1–5.5)	4.3 (3.6–5.0)	4.5 (4.0–5.2)	4.5 (3.8–5.2)	4.9 (4.3–5.4)	4.9 (4.3–5.6)	4.7 (4.0–5.4)
AIDS-defining event	27 (36)c	49 (27)	78 (23)	6 (26)	9 (16)	38 (21)	33 (34)c	58 (25)	116 (22)
Late presentatione	60 (81)bc	105 (59)	204 (61)	13 (59)	28 (49)	97 (53)	73 (76)bc	133 (56)	301 (58)
Advanced presentationf	43 (58)c	82 (46)	149 (44)	7 (32)	19 (33)	73 (40)	50 (52)	101 (43)	222 (43)
Delayed testingg	37 (86)	67 (82)	120 (81)	6 (86)	19 (100)	52 (71)h	43 (86)	86 (85)	172 (77)
Pregnant on entry	…	…	…	9 (39)bc	10 (18)	17 (9)	…	…	…

NOTE. Data are no. (%) of patients, unless otherwise indicated. IQR, interquartile range.

^aCD4⁺ cell count within 90 days of entry not available for 3 patients.

^bStatistically significant difference (P < .05) between Latino and white patients.

^cStatistically significant difference (P < .05) between Latino and black patients.

^dViral load within 90 days of entry or 2 weeks of starting antiretroviral therapy not available for 18 patients.

^eLate presenters were patients with a CD4⁺ cell count <350 cells/mm³ or an AIDS-defining event.

^fAdvanced presenters were patients with a CD4⁺ cell count <200 cells/mm³ or an AIDS-defining event.

^gDelayed testers were advanced presenters with a first HIV-positive test result <6 months before entry.

^hStatistically significant difference (P < .05) between white and black patients.