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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Oct 1;82(2):e27–e31. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002124

Table 1:

Participant Characteristics

On Statin at A5321 Entry
Yes
(N=72)
No
(N=231)
Total
(N=303)
P-
Value*
Age at A5321 entry (years)
  Median (Q1 - Q3) 53 (49 - 60) 46 (39 - 53) 48 (41 - 54) <0.001
Sex (% Male)
61 (85%) 187 (81%) 248 (82%) 0.60
Race/Ethnicity
  White Non-Hispanic 46 (64%) 122 (53%) 168 (55%) 0.34
  Black Non-Hispanic 10 (14%) 51 (22%) 61 (20%)
  Hispanic (Regardless of Race) 14 (19%) 52 (23%) 66 (22%)
  Other 2 (3%) 6 (3%) 8 (3%)
Smoking (% cigarette smoker at A5321 entry)
15 (21%) 55 (24%) 70 (23%) 0.64
Diabetes diagnosis prior to A5321 entry
10 (14%) 7 (3%) 17 (6%) 0.002
Intravenous drug use at A5321 entry
  Current 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0.31
  Previous 1 (1%) 11 (5%) 12 (4%)
  Never 71 (99%) 220 (95%) 291 (96%)
ARV Regimen at A5321 entry
  NNRTI-based 45 (63%) 113 (49%) 158 (52%) 0.22
  PI-based 16 (22%) 66 (29%) 82 (27%)
  InSTI-based 11 (15%) 51 (22%) 62 (20%)
  Other 0 (0%) 1 (0%) 1 (0%)
Years on ART at A5321 entry
  Median (Q1 - Q3) 8.1 (6.6 - 12.3) 7.3 (4.8 - 8.5) 7.3 (6.1 - 10.1) 0.002
Pre-ART CD4+ T-cell count (cells/mm3)
  Median (Q1 - Q3) 286 (110 - 414) 254 (114 - 369) 258 (113 - 374) 0.27
A5321 entry CD4+ T-cell count (cells/mm3)
  Median (Q1 - Q3) 737 (542 - 935) 665 (505 - 840) 681 (515 - 864) 0.038
Pre-ART plasma HIV-1 RNA (log10cps/mL)
  Median (Q1 - Q3) 4.6 (4.3 - 5.0) 4.6 (4.2 - 5.0) 4.6 (4.2 - 5.0) 0.82
A5321 entry HIV-1 RNA (cps/mL)
  <40 72 (100%) 231 (100%) 303 (100%)
Statin at A5321 entry
  Simvastatin 5 (7%) 0 (0%) 5 (2%)
  Pravastatin 25 (35%) 0 (0%) 25 (8%)
  Atorvastatin 27 (38%) 0 (0%) 27 (9%)
  Rosuvastatin 14 (19%) 0 (0%) 14 (5%)
  Ezetimibe/Simvastatin 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 (0%)
*

Exact Wilcoxon test for continuous variables; Fisher's Exact test for categorical variables.

ARV: Antiretroviral regimen; NNRTI: Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI: Protease inhibitor; InSTI: Integrase strand transfer inhibitor; ART: Antiretroviral therapy