Table 1.
Characteristics of HIV-infected men who have sex with men at the subclinical coronary atherosclerosis assessment visit.
| Cases (N=109) |
Controls (N=182) |
P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (Q1,Q3) | 53.8(49.1, 58.3) | 49.5(45.2, 54.1) | <0.001 |
| Age Group | |||
| <50 years | 32 (29.4%) | 94 (51.6%) | <0.001 |
| >=50 years | 77 (70.6%) | 88 (48.3%) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 96 (88.1%) | 145 (79.7%) | 0.006 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 4 (3.7%) | 29 (15.9%) | |
| Hispanic | 6 (5.5%) | 7 (3.8%) | |
| Asian, Pacific Islander, or Other | 3 (2.7%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
| Study Site | |||
| Baltimore | 26 (23.9%) | 45 (24.7%) | 0.66 |
| Chicago | 26 (23.9%) | 39 (21.4%) | |
| Pittsburgh | 19 (17.4%) | 42 (23.1%) | |
| Los Angeles | 38 (34.8%) | 56 (30.8%) | |
| Cohort | |||
| 1984-85 cohort | 96 (88.1%) | 151 (83.0%) | 0.17 |
| 1987-90 cohort | 13 (11.9%) | 31 (17.0%) | |
| Highest Education Level | |||
| Up to 12th grade | 18 (16.5%) | 18 (9.9%) | 0.21 |
| At least one year college, no degree | 24 (22.0%) | 46 (25.3%) | |
| Four years college/degree | 21 (19.3%) | 52 (28.5%) | |
| Some graduate work | 17 (15.6%) | 22 (12.1%) | |
| Post-graduate degree | 29 (26.6%) | 44 (24.2%) | |
| Annual Household Income | |||
| Less than $20,000 | 14 (12.8%) | 36 (19.8%) | 0.15 |
| $20,000-39,999 | 27 (24.8%) | 35 (19.2%) | |
| $40,000-59,999 | 21 (19.3%) | 48 (26.4%) | |
| $60,000 or more | 35 (32.1%) | 52 (28.6%) | |
| Missing | 12 (11.0%) | 11 (6.0%) | |
| Family History of CV Disease | |||
| Any CV disease among relatives | 87 (82.9%) | 152 (84.0%) | 0.81 |
| Premature heart attack among relatives | 44 (42.7%) | 67 (37.6%) | 0.40 |
| Alcohol Consumption | |||
| None | 15 (14.0%) | 32 (17.7%) | 0.001 |
| Low to modest | 62 (57.9%) | 104 (57.4%) | |
| Modest to heavy | 17 (15.9%) | 42 (23.2%) | |
| Binge | 13 (12.2%) | 3 (1.7%) | |
| Smoking | |||
| Never smoked | 28 (25.7%) | 57 (31.3%) | 0.30 |
| Former smoker | 55 (50.5%) | 94 (51.7%) | |
| Current smoker | 26 (23.8%) | 31 (17.0%) | |
| Cumulative pack-years among | 16.3 (3.5, 23.6) | 10.6 (0.5, 20.0) | 0.07 |
| smokers, median (Q1,Q3)b | |||
| History of Injection Drug Use (IDU) | 22 (20.2%) | 27 (14.8%) | 0.24 |
a
P-values were derived from Student t-tests or non-parametric Wilcoxon two-sample test for continuous, and χ2 tests or Fisher's exact test for categorical variables.
b
Among 81 former/current smoker cases and 125 former/current smoker controls.