Table 1. Baseline Characteristics and Outcome by Age.
Characteristic | Total (N=998) |
Age ≤2 (N=461) |
Age >2 (N=537) |
P-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | male | 455 (46%) | 213 (46%) | 242 (45%) | 0.750* |
female | 543 (54%) | 248 (54%) | 295 (55%) | ||
Race | Black | 607 (61%) | 284 (62%) | 323 (60%) | 0.430* |
Hispanic | 247 (25%) | 106 (23%) | 141 (26%) | ||
White/Other | 144 (14%) | 71 (15%) | 73 (14%) | ||
Age (years) at randomization | Mean (s.d.) | 3.78 (3.84) | 0.90 (0.49) | 6.25 (3.75) | |
Min, Max | 0.12, 17.98 | 0.12, 1.99 | 2.00, 17.98 | ||
Median | 2.34 | 0.78 | 5.24 | ||
baseline CD4 count/mm3 | Mean (s.d.) | 978 (838) | 1,391 (997) | 627 (430) | <.001** |
Median | 775 | 1,259 | 583 | ||
baseline CD4 percent | Mean (s.d.) | 23.7 (12.0) | 26.7 (12.4) | 21.2 (11.0) | <.001** |
Median | 24.0 | 26.8 | 22 | ||
baseline plasma HIV RNA copies/ml | Mean (s.d.) | 865,899 (2,458,260) | 1,669,496 (3,410,391) | 177,358 (490,909) | <.001** |
Median | 139,738 | 470,317 | 53,709 | ||
Months of follow-up for progression | Mean (s.d.) | 19.36 (10.61) | 19.23 (10.35) | 19.47 (10.84) | 0.868** |
Min, Max | 0.23, 46.71 | 0.23, 46.71 | 0.33, 45.92 | ||
Median | 18.36 | 18.19 | 18.39 | ||
Primary endpoint = 1, else 0 | 0 | 859 (86%) | 372 (81%) | 487 (91%) | <.001* |
1 | 139 (14%) | 89 (19%) | 50 (9%) | ||
Primary end points(death, opportunistic infection (OI), weight growth failure) | Death | 48 (5%) | 44 (10%) | 4 (1%) | |
≥2 OIs | 8 (1%) | 4 (1%) | 4 (1%) | ||
Weight Growth Failure | 83 (8%) | 41 (9%) | 42 (8%) |
Fisher's Exact Test
Wilcoxon Test