Table 2.

Baseline and follow-up adherence and biomarker outcomes (n = 21 of 25).

Outcome measure	Baseline		12 weeks			24 weeks
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P value	Mean	SD	P value
Adherence (VASa)	74.7	16.5	93.3	6.6	<.001	93.1	7.7	<.001
Prior 4-day adherence (ACTGb)	2.33	1.1	3.24	0.4	.002	3.19	0.9	.005
Viral load	2750.2	8930.8	240.5	521.1	.26	28.5	47.5	.23
CD4 cell count	501.5	239.2	552.8	234.3	.12	544.8	228.7	.37

^a Visual analog scale.

^b AIDS Clinical Trials Group. Response scale: 0 = never, 4 = all the time.