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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 29;63(7):976–983. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw418

Table 4.

Cumulative plasma HIV burden and transmission risk potential during a 2-year observation period among HIV-diagnosed persons in care without durable viral suppression, by selected characteristics, 17 U.S. jurisdictions, 2012–20131

Characteristics N Cumulative Plasma HIV Burden HIV Transmission Risk Potential
Viremia copy-years
Geometric Mean
Person-time above 200 copies/mL
Mean number of days
Person-time above 1,500 copies/mL
Mean number of days
Person-time above 10,000 copies/mL
Mean number of days
Total2 91107 7261 438 316 215
Sex
Male (referent) 65356 7010 427 308 213
Female 25751 7939ae 466ae 337ae 221ae
Race/ethnicity
Black/African American 42455 8815ae 469ae 345ae 233ae
Hispanic/Latino 22806 6352ae 419ae 297ae 201bg
Other races 5959 8134ae 438ae 323ae 224ae
White (referent) 19887 5408 396 276 192
Transmission category
Male-to-male sexual contact (referent) 37646 6620 419 302 209
Injection drug use – Male 7587 7280ce 436ae 310ce 209de
Injection drug use – Female 5652 9331ae 470ae 345ae 232ae
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 6877 9950ae 452ae 339ae 243ae
Heterosexual contact – Male 4949 7373ce 438ae 314ce 216df
Heterosexual contact – Female 12271 8001ae 464ae 337ae 222ah
Other 16125 6660de 450ae 319ah 210dh
Age group at the end of 2010
13–24 6383 13254ae 537ae 422ae 276ae
25–34 15259 12377ae 491ae 383ae 266ae
35–44 25448 9006ae 450ae 332ae 233ae
45–54 31089 5836ae 413ae 286ae 194ae
≥55 (referent) 12928 3181 365 226 143
Year of diagnosis
Diagnosed in 2008–2010 14602 8732ae 459ae 349ah 231ae
Diagnosed before 2008 (referent) 76505 7010 434 310 212
Gap in care (any two VL tests >12 months apart)
No (referent) 76421 6052 411 288 192
Yes 14686 18739ae 582ae 467ae 337ae
1

Geometric means and mean number of days presented in this table are based on univariate results

2

Due to some missing/invalid data, results are based on 91,107 persons living with diagnosed HIV

a

p<.0001 (based on univariate results)

b

p<.001 (based on univariate results)

c

p<.01 (based on univariate results)

d

p>.05 (based on univariate results)

e

p<.0001 (based on multivariate results)

f

p<.001 (based on multivariate results)

g

p<.05 (based on multivariate results)

h

p>.05 (based on multivariate results)