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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Dec 1;5(1):34–40. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0496

Table 1.

Characteristics of study population stratified by HIV status and Pap test results

HIV negative Normal Pap test 1 (n=17) HIV positive Normal Pap test (n=18) HIV positive HSIL on Pap test 2 (n=13) P-value
Mean Age ± sd 3 32 ± 12 43 ± 11 39 ± 8 0.006
Smoking 1 (6%) 1 (6%) 2 (15%) 0.66
Receiving ART 4 - 15 (83%) 9 (69%) 0.41
Median nadir CD4 T cells per mm3 (range) 5 - 228 (31 - 301) 224 (80 - 302) 0.89
Median CD4 T cells per mm3 at time of study(range) - 402 (181 - 815) 327 (183 - 660) 0.07
Median plasma HIV-1 RNA copies per ml at time of study (range) - 50 (50–240,000) 23,000 (50- 630,000) 0.03
1

Women with normal Pap test had normal cervical cytology by Bethesda Classification system and negative Digene HCII test for high risk HPV.

2

Women with high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) by Bethesda Classification system also had a positive test by Digene HCII for high risk HPV.

3

Standard deviation (sd)

4

Antiretroviral therapy (ART)

5

The nadir CD4 T cell count is the lowest documented CD4 T cell count for an individual patient