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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: HIV Med. 2014 Sep 17;16(2):105–113. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12182

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of VACS 8 participants with HIV infection (n=3683), by OSA status

HIV+, with OSA
(n=143)
HIV+, no OSA
(n=3540)
p-value
DEMOGRAPHICS
Age in years, mean (SD) 48.8 (8.9) 49.3 (8.9) 0.5
Male gender, % 98.6 97.5 0.6
Race, % 0.003
 Black 57.3 70.5
 White 39.2 27.6
 Other 3.5 1.9
Body mass index (BMI), kg/m2, median (IQR) 30.6 (26.0, 34.4) 25.0 (22.5, 27.9) <0.0001
 BMI <25 kg/m2, % 14.8 50.7
 BMI 25-35 kg/m2, % 66.9 47.4
 BMI >35 kg/m2, % 18.3 1.8
CD4, median cells/ml (IQR) 404 (257, 567) 365 (207, 552) 0.06
CD4 <200 cells/ml, % 16.2 23.5 0.05
HIV RNA, median copies/ml (IQR) 932(75, 20538) 432 (75, 15300) 0.4
HIV RNA <400 copies/ml, % 39.0 40.9 0.7
Combination antiretroviral therapy use, % 67.8 72.9 0.2
Smoking status, % 0.0006
 Current 38.5 54.2
 Former 28.7 23.7
 Never 32.9 22.1
Hazardous alcohol use, % 44.1 44.4 0.9
COMORBIDITIES
Cardiovascular disease, % 3.5 2.6 0.5
Hypertension, % 42.7 25.2 <0.0001
Diabetes, % 43.4 24.6 <0.0001
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, % 8.4 4.2 0.02
Major depression, % 15.4 11.1 0.1
Hepatitis C, % 21.0 27.1 0.1
Hepatitis B, % 4.2 4.5 0.9
OSA-RELATED TESTING, TREATMENT, AND
SYMPTOMS
Polysomnogram, %* 52.5 0.8 <0.0001
Home sleep test, %* 4.2 0.1 <0.0001
CPAP CPT code, %* 51.8 0.3 <0.0001
Tired/fatigue, % 67.8 51.3 0.0001
Concentration difficulty, % 46.5 31.2 0.0009
Self-reported sleep apnea during follow-up,
%**
58.7 6.2 <0.0001
*

data include events at baseline or during follow-up

**

includes follow-up survey data from 112/143 (78%) OSA+ and 2376/3540 (67%) OSA negative HIV+ VACS 8 participants; p=0.005 between HIV+ OSA and HIV+ no OSA follow-up survey completion rate.