Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics among patients receiving care in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study between 1997 and 2014, n=155,550
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Exposure group | |
| HIV+ / ARD+ / HCV+ | 5144 (3.3) |
| HIV+ / ARD+ / HCV− | 9359 (6.0) |
| HIV+ / ARD− / HCV+ | 4743 (3.1) |
| HIV+ / ARD− / HCV− | 30534 (19.6) |
| HIV− / ARD+ / HCV+ | 6682 (4.3) |
| HIV− / ARD+ / HCV− | 25924 (16.7) |
| HIV− / ARD− / HCV+ | 3653 (2.4) |
| HIV− / ARD− / HCV− | 69511 (44.7) |
| Age at baseline, median (IQR) | 47 (40–54) |
| Male sex | 151,379 (97.3) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Black | 73,221 (47.1) |
| White | 62,084 (39.9) |
| Hispanic | 12,761 (8.2) |
| Other or unknown | 7,484 (4.8) |
| Year of VACS enrollment | |
| 1997–2001 | 82,144 (52.8) |
| 2002–2006 | 33,134 (21.3) |
| 2007–2010 | 20,659 (13.3) |
| 2011–2014 | 19,613 (12.6) |
| Comorbidities at baseline | |
| Psychiatric disorders | 41,614 (26.8) |
| Hypertension | 41,253 (26.5) |
| Drug use-related diagnoses | 21,415 (13.8) |
| Diabetes | 18,106 (11.6) |
| CVD | 9,570 (6.2) |
| Anemia | 8,369 (5.4) |
| COPD | 7,043 (4.5) |
| Non-AIDS cancers | 5,340 (3.4) |
| Renal insufficiency | 3,764 (2.4) |
| Chronic hepatitis B | 1,868 (1.2) |
| Liver diseases | 1,560 (1.0) |
| Mortality per 100 person-years | 2.6 |
| Ever MICU admission | 29,887 (19.2) |
Abbreviations: HIV - human immunodeficiency virus; VACS - Veterans Aging Cohort Study; HCV - hepatitis C virus; ARD - alcohol-related diagnosis; IQR - interquartile range; MICU - medical intensive care unit
Note: ARD status was used as an ever/never measure in this table