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. 2012 Jun 18;7(6):e37983. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037983

Table 1. Baseline characteristics.

Characteristics ≥1 minor PI mutation No minor PI mutation P *
Sex .227
Male 640 (82.9%) 342 (80.1%)
Female 132 (17.1%) 85 (19.9%)
Ethnicity .149
White 701 (90.8%) 398 (93.2%)
Other 71 (9.2%) 29 (6.8%)
Transmission category .020
Men who have sex with men 426 (55.2%) 213 (49.9%)
Heterosexual 187 (24.2%) 111 (26.0%)
Intravenous drug use 129 (16.7%) 95 (22.3%)
Other 30 (3.9%) 8 (1.9%)
Median [IQR] age 45 [39–51] 45 [39–51] .984
HIV-1 RNA .263
<10,000 copies/mL 133 (17.2%) 70 (16.4%)
10,000–99,999 copies/mL 278 (36.0%) 174 (40.8%)
>100000 copies/mL 361 (46.8%) 183 (42.9%)
Median [IQR] log10 HIV-1 RNA 4.9 [4.4–5.5] 4.9 [4.3–5.4] .315
CD4 cell count .024
<200 cells/µL 334 (43.3%) 156 (36.5%)
200–300 cells/µL 253 (32.8%) 141 (33.0%)
>350 cells/µL 185 (24.0%) 130 (30.4%)
Median (IQR) CD4 cells/µL 223 [125.5–339.5] 255 [141–379] .010
CDC stage C 137 (17.8%) 65 (15.2%) .264
NRTI mutation 33 (4.3%) 12 (2.8%) .201
Administered PIs <.001
unboosted PIs 136 (17.6%) 119 (27.9%)
boosted PIs 636 (82.4%) 308 (72.1%)
Specific PI <.001
Nelfinavir 115 (14.9%) 105 (24.6%)
Other unboosted PIs 21 (2.7%) 14 (3.3%)
Lopinavir 415 (53.8%) 175 (41.0%)
Atazanavir/r 193 (25.0%) 53 (12.4%)
Indinavir/r 23 (3.0%) 20 (4.7%)
Other boosted PIs 5 (0.7%) 60 (14.1%)
Median [IQR] year of ART start 2006 [2003–2008] 2005 [2001–2008] .005

P* Fishers exact p value for categorical variable and Wilcoxon rank sum for continuous variables.

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IQR, interquartile range; NRTI nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor.