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. 2014 Aug 7;9(8):e104116. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104116

Table 1. Study Participant Characteristics (n = 2804).

Characteristic n Percent
Age at entry (years Median (IQR)) 40.2 (34.1,46.4)
Sex Female 310 11
Male 2494 89
Race/Ethnicity White 1730 62
Hispanic 490 17
Black 357 13
Other/Unknown 227 8
HIV Risk Factor MSM1 2180 78
IDU2 (not MSM) 133 5
Heterosexual (not IDU) 367 13
Other/Unknown 122 4
Baseline CD4 <350/mm3 1230 44
≥350/mm3 1551 55
missing 23 1
Baseline HIV viral load ≤400 copies/mm3 1365 49
>400 copies/mm3 1412 50
missing 27 1
On antiretroviral therapy Yes 2807 75
No 707 25
Smoking Yes 837 30
No 1967 70
Baseline cytology result3 NAMC 829 29
ASCUS 919 33
LSIL 663 24
ASC-H 76 3
HSIL 317 11
≥1 IRC4 after first cytology Yes 218 8
No 2586 92
No. cytology results/patient Median (IQR) 5 (3,8)
1.

MSM: men having sex with men.

2.

IDU: injection drug use.

3.

NAMC: no atypical or malignant cells; ASCUS: atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance; LSIL: low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; ASC-H: atypical squamous cells, can't exclude high grade; HSIL: high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.

4.

IRC: infrared coagulation.