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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Sep 1;82(1):34–40. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002103

Table 2.

Plasma TFV concentration and social relationships scales stratified by HPTN 067 site, daily dosing arm participants, (Weeks 18 and 30 data combined; 161 participants, n=302 records), July 2012-May, 2014.

Variable Cape Town (n=103) Bangkok (n=106) Harlem (n=93) Overall (n=302)
Mean TFV concentration ng/ml, SD (min, max) 71.8, 108.2 (BLQ, 476) 81.7, 81.4 (BLQ, 419)* 81.0, 132.2 (BLQ, 743) 78.1, 107.9 (BLQ, 743)
Low Perceived External Support for PrEP Scale
Proportion (95% Confidence Interval)
0 barriers/items reported 68.9% (59.2, 77.2) 80.2% (71.4, 86.8) 77.4% (67.6, 84.9) 75.5% (70.2, 80.0)
1 barrier/item reported 9.7% (5.2, 17.2) 3.8% (1.4, 9.7) 5.4% (2.2, 12.5) 6.3% (4.0, 9.7)
2 barriers/items reported 21.4% (14.4, 30.4) 16.0% (10.1, 24.4) 17.2% (10.7, 26.5) 18.2% (14.2, 23.0)
Participant-Staff Disclosure Challenges Scale*
Proportion (95% Confidence Interval)
0 barriers/items reported 57.3% (47.4, 66.6) 73.6%* (64.2, 81.2) 83.9%* (74.8, 90.1) 71.2% (65.8, 76.0)
1 barrier/item reported 10.7% (5.9, 18.4) 11.3% (6.4, 19.0) 7.5% (3.6, 15.1) 9.9% (7.0, 13.9)
2 barriers/items reported 16.5% (10.4, 25.1) 12.3% (7.2, 20.1) 6.5% (2.9, 13.8) 11.9% (8.7, 16.1)
3 barriers/items reported 4.9% (2.0, 11.3) 1.9% (0.05, 7.3) 1.1% (0.1, 7.5) 2.7% (1.3, 5.2)
4 barriers/items reported 10.7% (6.0, 18.4) 0.9% (0.1, 6.6) 1.1% (0.1, 7.5) 4.3% (2.5, 7.3)
*

p<0.01 as compared to Cape Town; SD refers to the Standard Deviation; BLQ refers to “Below the Limit of Quantification”