Table 1. Baseline characteristics of women included in the study group (n = 81) and viremic group (n = 16).

		Study group	Viremic group
		(n = 81)	(n = 16)
Age, years		40	35,5
		[35]-[50]	[30]-[50]
Ethnicity, n (%)
	Sub-Saharan African	58 (72)	12 (75)
	European	19	4
	Other	4	0
Heterosexual HIV transmission, n (%)		74 (91)	16 (100)
CDC staging, n
	A	49	12
	B	16	2
	C	16	2
Co-infection, n
	none	68	14
	HBV	6	2
	HCV	7	0
Lowest CD4+ T cell count, /µL		230	303
		[147-305]	[116-423]
Highest plasma HIV-RNA, log/mL		5.1	4.8
		[4.6-5.6]	[3.9-5.7]
Plasma HIV-RNA, log/mL		<1.7	3.7
			[3.3-4.8]
Vaginal HIV-RNA, log/mL		<1.6	2.2
			[<1.6-2.4]
HIV-DNA in blood, log/106 PBMCs		2.7	2.8
		[2.4-3.1]	[2.4-3.1]
HIV-DNA in vagina, cp/106 cells		0	0
		[0-6]	[0-11]
CD4+ T cell count, /µL		663	499
		[467-889]	[316-627]
% CD4+ T cells		33	24
		[27]-[40]	[18]-[36]
CD4+/CD8+ ratio		0.9	0.5
		[0.6-1.3]	[0.3-0.9]
Vaginal colonization, n (%)		24 (30)	11 (69)
median [IQR]