Table 1. 10 definitions of elite control from the literature applied to the CASCADE dataset; all require individuals to be AIDS-free and ART-naïve.

Definition
A	HIV-positive ≥6 months, with ≥2 consecutive HIV-RNA <75 copies/ml [22]
B	HIV-positive ≥1 year, with ≥1 HIV-RNA <50 copies/ml [16]
C	HIV-positive ≥1 year, with ≥1 HIV-RNA <75 copies/ml [15]
D	HIV-positive ≥1 year, with ≥3 HIV-RNA <2000 copies/ml [21]
E	HIV-positive ≥1 year, with ≥3 consecutive HIV-RNA <75 copies/ml spanning ≥12 months [8]
F	HIV-positive ≥1 year, with ≥3 consecutive HIV-RNA <75 copies/ml spanning ≥12 months with no previous blips ≥1000 copies/ml [6]
G	HIV-positive ≥2 years, with ≥2 HIV-RNA <75 copies/ml [19]
H	HIV-positive ≥5 years, with ≥5 consecutive HIV-RNA <500 copies/ml [23]
I	HIV-positive ≥10 years, with all measured HIV-RNA <50 copies/ml [20]
J	HIV-positive ≥10 years, with ≥90% of HIV-RNA (≥2 HIV-RNA ever) <400 copies/ml [7]