Table 1. Baseline characteristics.

Characteristic	Oral Rinse(N = 110)	No Oral Rinse(N = 110)	p-value
Median age (years)	33 (27–41)	33 (28–39)	0.61
Female	60 (55)	55 (50)	0.50
HIV-seropositivea	92 (84)	85 (77)	0.23
Median CD4 count (cells/uL)	45 (14–187)	29 (12–129)	0.45
Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis	43 (47)	48 (56)	0.20
Antiretroviral therapy	18 (20)	19 (22)	0.65
Median oxygen saturation (%)	94 (91–97)	94 (88–97)	0.28
Salivary sputum sample	9 (8)	22 (20)	0.01

Data presented as N (%) or Median (IQR, inter-quartile range),

^an = 177.