Table 1.
Patient Characteristics, by Race
| |
Patient race |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| African American (n = 1,104) | White (n = 201) | p Value | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 39.7 (9.1) | 39.1 (9.1) | 0.40 |
| Male, n (%) | 675 (61) | 150 (75) | <0.001 |
| Gay or bisexual, n (%) | 197 (18) | 94 (47) | <0.001 |
| History of injection-drug use, n (%) | 500 (45) | 57 (28) | 0 < 0.001 |
| CD4 count, mean (SD) | 397 (265) | 442 (268) | 0.05 |
| Overall quality of life, mean (SD)a | 80 (23) | 75 (25) | 0.005 |
| Duration of enrollment in clinic, mean in years (SD) | 7.6 (4.1) | 7.3 (4.2) | 0.11 |
a
Scale from 0 to 100: 0, lowest score; 100, highest score.