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. 2015 May 1;29(5):240–247. doi: 10.1089/apc.2014.0334

Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population

Characteristic Completed next appointment N=317 Did not complete next appointment N=193 p Valuea All N=510
Age in years 38 40 0.26 39
Median (IQR) (29–48) (30–49)   (30–48)
Race
Number (%)
White 139 (44%) 51 (26%) <0.001 190 (37%)
Black 148 (47%) 134 (69%) <0.001 282 (55%)
Hispanic 23 (7%) 5 (3%) 0.03 28 (5%)
Other 7 (2%) 3 (2%) 0.75 10 (2%)
Male sex 245 132 0.03 377
Number (%) (77%) (68%)   (74%)
MTF transgender 4 2 1.00 6
Number (%) (1%) (1%)   (1%)
HIV risk factor
Number (%)
MSM 182 (57%) 87 (45%) 0.008 269 (53%)
Heterosexual contact 113 (36%) 79 (41%) 0.26 192 (38%)
IDU 15 (5%) 19 (10%) 0.03 34 (7%)
Other/unknown 7 (2%) 8 (4%) 0.28 15 (3%)
Year of entry into 2012 2009 <0.001 2011
 care at the VCCC (2006–2013) (2002–2013)   (2005–2013)
Most recent CD4+ 355 291 0.12 327
 count (cells/mm3) (152–583) (129–489)   (142–560)
Most recent HIV-1 21,192 25,426 0.94 21,818
 VL (copies/mL) (2303–67,079) (1311–72,252)   (2030–69,597)
a

For comparison between those who completed and did not complete their next HIV healthcare provider appointment.

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus infection; IDU, injection drug use; IQR, interquartile range; MTF, male-to-female; MSM, male-to-male sexual contact; VCCC, Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic; VL, viral load.

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