Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics (mean ± s.d., or N) of study population.
| Variable | Low CD14+ HIV DNA (< 45 copies/106 cells) |
High CD14+ HIV DNA (≥ 45 copies/106 cells) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 24 | 36 | -- |
| Gender (male) | 12 | 14 | 0.56 |
| Age (years) | 35.2 ± 6.4 | 34.4 ± 7.5 | 0.69 |
| Education (years) | 11.4 ± 4.6 | 11.1 ± 4.9 | 0.80 |
| CD4 (cells/mm3) (min -max) | 239.1 ± 130.3 (24–432) | 227.5 ± 142.6 (23–553) | 0.76 |
| log10 (plasma HIV RNA) | 4.71 ± 0.71 | 4.93 ± 0.73 | 0.26 |
| log10(CSF viral load) | 3.94 ± 0.99 | 4.08 ± 0.82 | 0.62 |
| CD14+ HIV DNA (copies/106 cells) (min-max) | 19.5 ± 9.1 (10.0–37.0) | 160.9 ± 158.2 (45.0–724.0) | <0.0001 |
P-values were computed by chi-squared or t-test. For CSF viral load, n=18 for the low HIV DNA group and n=25 for the high HIV DNA group.