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. 2019 Apr 3;220(4):635–642. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz144

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Participants at First Evaluable Visit According to Tenofovir Diphosphate in Dried Blood Spots Categories

TFV-DP (fmol/punch)
Characteristic All Participants (n = 451) BLQ to <800 (n = 58) 800 to <1650 (n = 165) ≥1650 (n = 228)
Age, median (IQR) 46 (37–53) 42 (34–51) 45 (39–51) 49 (38–55)
Sex, n (%)
 Male 380 (84) 49 (84) 141 (85) 190 (83)
 Female 71 (16) 9 (16) 24 (15) 38 (17)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 Black 85 (19) 18 (31) 37 (22) 30 (13)
 White 257 (57) 23 (40) 96 (58) 138 (61)
 Hispanic 89 (20) 14 (24) 30 (18) 45 (20)
 Other 20 (4) 3 (5) 2 (1) 15 (7)
Body mass index, kg/m2, n (%)
 <18.5 18 (4) 2 (3) 3 (2) 13 (6)
 18.5–25 191 (42) 23 (40) 60 (36) 108 (47)
 25–30 149 (33) 19 (33) 58 (35) 72 (32)
 >30 93 (21) 14 (24) 44 (27) 35 (15)
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2, median (IQR) 87 (73–101) 96 (80–112) 89 (76–104) 84 (70–97)
CD4+ T-cell count, cells/mm3, n (%)
 <200 48 (11) 12 (21) 18 (11) 18 (8)
 200–350 66 (15) 10 (17) 24 (15) 32 (14)
 350–500 66 (15) 8 (14) 22 (13) 36 (16)
 >500 271 (60) 28 (48) 101 (61) 142 (62)
VL, copies/mL,a median (IQR) 119 (37–710) 1055 (140–34 575) 71 (31–397) 63 (32–187)
Type of ART, n (%)
 NNRTI-based 119 (26) 10 (17) 63 (38) 46 (20)
 INSTI-based 159 (35) 22 (38) 52 (32) 85 (37)
 b/PI-based 111 (25) 17 (29) 28 (17) 66 (29)
 Multiclass 62 (14) 9 (16) 22 (13) 31 (14)
Time on current anchor drug, n (%)
 <6 months 74 (16) 6 (10) 32 (19) 36 (16)
 ≥6 months 377 (84) 52 (90) 133 (81) 192 (84)
Pharmacologic booster, n (%)
 No 223 (49) 23 (40) 101 (61) 99 (43)
 Yes 228 (51) 35 (60) 64 (39) 129 (57)
Self-reported adherence, %, median (IQR)
 3-day 100 (100–100) 100 (72–100) 100 (100–100) 100 (100–100)
 30-day 100 (93–100) 90 (60–100) 100 (92–100) 100 (99–100)
 3-month 98 (90–100) 84 (62–90) 98 (90–100) 100 (95–100)

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; BLQ, below limit of quantification; b/PI, boosted protease inhibitor; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; INSTI, integrase strand-transfer inhibitor; IQR, interquartile range; NNRTI, nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; TFV-DP, tenofovir diphosphate; VL, viral load.

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