Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the four aviremic groups. Median and Interquartile Range are given for continuous variables and N and percent are given for categorical variables.

	HIV Negative (N=43)		Controllers (N=98)		Chronic Responders (N=142)		Chronic Nonresponders (N=59)
Variable	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Age	40	(33.6, 46)	49	(42.0, 53.5)	47	(43, 56.6)	51	(46.0, 56.9)
CD4 count	863	(765, 1164)	740	(606, 1012)	640	(586, 809)	235	(185, 292
CD8 count	531	(397, 631	955	(642, 1201)	878	(742, 1375)	844	(608, 1077)
Viral Load	ND	ND	40	(40,62)	40	(40, 52)	40	(40, 40)
Nadir CD4	ND	ND	560	(400, 696)	225	(91, 317)	70	(19, 137)
Ethnicity	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Asian	1	2.33	3	3.06	9	6.34	1	1.69
Black	4	9.30	28	28.57	19	13.38	7	11.86
Hispanic	5	11.63	12	12.24	5	3.52	5	8.47
Mixed	1	2.33	10	10.20	4	2.82	3	5.08
White	30	69.77	42	42.86	104	73.24	43	72.88
Other	2	4.65	3	3.06	1	0.70	0	0.00
Gender
Female	3	6.98	26	26.53	12	8.45	2	3.39
Male	40	93.02	69	70.41	127	89.44	56	94.92
Male to Female	0	0.00	3	3.06	3	2.11	1	1.69