TABLE 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Children in Groups I and II
| Characteristic | Group I (Established Infection) | Group II (Prospectively Enrolled From Birth) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV-Infected (n = 205) | HIV-Infected (IIa) (n = 93) | HIV-Uninfected (IIb) (n = 463) |
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| RP (n = 71) |
Non-RP (n = 134) |
RP (n = 45) |
Non-RP (n = 48) |
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| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |
| Race | ||||||||||
| Black | 35 | 49.3 | 54 | 40.3 | 22 | 48.9 | 19 | 39.6 | 245 | 52.9 |
| Hispanic | 27 | 38.0 | 55 | 41.0 | 16 | 35.6 | 16 | 33.3 | 138 | 29.8 |
| White | 8 | 11.3 | 20 | 14.9 | 5 | 11.1 | 10 | 20.8 | 54 | 11.7 |
| Other | 1 | 1.4 | 5 | 3.7 | 2 | 4.4 | 3 | 6.3 | 26 | .2 |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 34 | 47.9 | 60 | 44.8 | 25 | 55.6 | 19 | 39.6 | 249 | 53.8 |
| Female | 37 | 52.1 | 74 | 55.2 | 20 | 44.4 | 29 | 60.4 | 214 | 46.2 |
| Reasons classified as RP | ||||||||||
| Class C symptoms only | 38 | 53.5 | 11 | 24.4 | ||||||
| Low CD4+ cell counts only | 5 | 7.0 | 15 | 33.3 | ||||||
| Both | 28 | 39.4 | 19 | 42.2 | ||||||