Table 1. Patient characteristics of 279 HAART-treated patients with low-level viremia followed longitudinally.
Variable | N (%) or Median (IQR) |
Male gender | 226 (81%) |
Age at HAART initiation (years) | 40 (33−47) |
History of injection drug use | 126 (45%) |
Baseline CD4 cell count (cells/mm3) | 390 (230−530) |
Baseline plasma viral load by TaqMan v1(HIV RNA copies/mL) | 75 (53–121) |
Baseline plasma viral load by Amplicor v1.5 (HIV RNA copies/mL) | <50 (<50–68) |
Previous therapy experience (months) | 54.2 (21.1−94.6) |
Follow-up from baseline to last visit (months) | 3.2 (2.0−4.2) |
IQR: Interquartile Range.