Table 2. Characteristics of newly treatment-eligible HIV-infected U.S. residents in NA-ACCORD, 2001–2009.
Overall (N = 8,874) | Included in analysis of state contribution to ADAP budget (N = 1,082) * | Included in analysis of state ADAP waiting lists (N = 620) * | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age at eligibility, years (median, IQR) | 40 | 33–46 | 41 | 34–47 | 37 | 31–44 |
18–29 | 1,555 | 18 | 139 | 13 | 131 | 21 |
30–39 | 2,869 | 32 | 343 | 32 | 236 | 38 |
40–49 | 2,989 | 34 | 397 | 37 | 196 | 32 |
50–59 | 1,216 | 14 | 181 | 17 | 47 | 8 |
60+ | 245 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 1.6 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||
Black (non-Hispanic) | 3,937 | 44 | 617 | 57 | 272 | 44 |
Hispanic | 1,631 | 18 | 57 | 5 | 40 | 7 |
White (non-Hispanic) | 2,944 | 33 | 382 | 35 | 293 | 47 |
Other (non-Hispanic) | 362 | 4 | 26 | 2.4 | 15 | 2.4 |
Sex and transmission risk | ||||||
Men who have sex with men | 3,839 | 43 | 368 | 34 | 282 | 46 |
Male injection drug user | 946 | 11 | 210 | 19 | 46 | 7 |
Male, heterosexual or other risk | 1,764 | 20 | 162 | 15 | 145 | 23 |
Female injection drug user | 387 | 4 | 115 | 11 | 12 | 1.9 |
Female, heterosexual or other risk | 1,938 | 22 | 227 | 21 | 135 | 22 |
Eligibility criteria | ||||||
CD4+ count 0–199 cell/uL | 3,118 | 35 | 274 | 25 | 224 | 36 |
CD4+ count 200–349 cells/uL | 5,464 | 62 | 775 | 72 | 380 | 61 |
Incident AIDS-defining illness (i.e., CD4+ count not <350 cells/uL) | 292 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 16 | 2.6 |
Viral load at eligibility | ||||||
501–999 copies/mL | 152 | 1.7 | 12 | 1.1 | 6 | 1 |
1,000–9,999 copies/mL | 1,299 | 15 | 156 | 14 | 56 | 9 |
10,000–99,999 copies/mL | 3,743 | 42 | 464 | 43 | 248 | 40 |
100,000+ copies/mL | 2,588 | 29 | 261 | 24 | 162 | 26 |
Missing | 1,092 | 12 | 189 | 18 | 148 | 24 |
ART = antiretroviral therapy, IQR = interquartile range. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
See Figure 1 for details of study selection procedure.