Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the Women Participating in the Study (n = 236)

Characteristic	Value*
Age (years)	39.7 (23.6–54.3)
Race (%)
White	18
Black	60
Hispanic	21
CD4 cell count (μ/L)*	367 (4–1386)
CD8 cell count (μ/L)*	829 (145–3478)
HIV-viral load (copies/mL)*	20,500 (80–1,700,000)
HCV-viral load (IU/mL)*	2,370,000 (0–12,300,000)
Intravenous drug use (%)	17
Heroin use (%)	20
Cocaine use (%)	33
Methadone use (%)	4
Number of sex partners	1 (0–60)
HCV genotype (%)
2 and 3	9
1a and 1b	91

^*Continuous variables are reported as median (range).