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. 2005 Mar 26;330(7493):695. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38369.669850.8F

Table 2.

Overall trends in CD4 counts and HIV RNA levels over time among patients in the UK CHIC study

No (%) of patients under follow up with more than one CD4 cell count in the year
Latest CD4 count (cells/mm3) in year
No (%) of patients under follow up with more than HIV RNA measurement in the year
Latest HIV RNA (log10 copies/ml) in year
Year Median (interquartile range) No (%) <200 Median (interquartile range) No (%) >2.7
1996 5517 (72.7) 270 (120-447) 2094 (38.0) 2197 (29.0) 4.34 (3.51-4.97) 2022 (92.0)
1997 6188 (78.2) 310 (180-460) 1785 (28.9) 5830 (73.6) 3.55 (2.70-4.52) 4082 (70.0)
1998 6795 (79.0) 335 (206-490) 1594 (23.5) 6926 (80.5) 3.10 (2.54-4.27) 3907 (56.4)
1999 7588 (82.7) 369 (230-523) 1512 (19.9) 7680 (83.8) 2.65 (1.70-4.23) 3786 (49.3)
2000 8385 (85.8) 397 (260-570) 1340 (16.0) 8325 (85.2) 2.26 (1.70-4.19) 3761 (45.2)
2001 9545 (90.5) 404 (270-575) 1362 (14.3) 9506 (90.1) 1.90 (1.70-4.10) 4001 (42.1)
2002 10446 (93.3) 408 (275-583) 1393 (13.3) 10295 (91.9) 1.89 (1.70-4.11) 4180 (40.6)