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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet HIV. 2019 Jul 29;6(9):e588–e600. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30146-8

Table 1:

Baseline characteristics of the study population by Cohort

A B C D Total
(n=287) (n=154) (n=70) (n=34) (n=545)
Age (years) Median (IQR) 40 (33, 46) 42 (36, 48) 42 (35, 46) 42(38, 48) 41 (35, 47)
Sex (n, %) Female 160 (56%) 61 (40%) 23 (33%) 14(41%) 258 (47%)
Male 127 (44%) 93 (60%) 47 (67%) 20 (59%) 287 (53%)
Ethnicity (n, %) Hispanic or latino 38 (13%) 16 (10%) 1 (1%) 8 (24%) 63 (12%)
Not hispanic or latino 241 (84%) 129 (84%) 60 (86%) 24 (71%) 454 (83%)
Unknown or not reported 8 (3%) 9 (6%) 9 (13%) 2 (6%) 28 (5%)
Region (n, %) Africa 148 (52%) 85 (55%) 32 (46%) 18 (53%) 283 (52%)
Asia 62 (22%) 41 (27%) 35 (50%) 8 (24%) 146 (27%)
South America 43 (15%) 19 (12%) 1 (1%) 8 (24%) 71 (13%)
Caribbean 34 (12%) 9 (6%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 45 (8%)
CD4 cell count (cells/mm3) Median (IQR) 171 (72, 288) 191 (68, 315) 161 (71, 289) 189 (62, 361) 175 (71, 308)
n (%) < 50 cells/mm3 50 (17%) 29 (19%) 9 (13%) 7 (21%) 95 (17%)
HIV-1 RNA (log10 copies/mL) Median (IQR) 4.3 (3.3, 4.9) 4.6 (3.7, 5.3) 4.6 (3.7, 5.4) 4.2 (3.7, 5.1) 4.4 (3.5, 5.2)
n (%) ≥ 100,000 copies/mL 68 (24%) 60 (39%) 27 (39%) 12 (35%) 167 (31%)
HIV-1 subtype C 138 (48%) 68 (44%) 51 (73%) 12 (35%) 269 (49%)
B 74 (26%) 27 (18%) 3 (4%) 8 (24%) 112 (21%)
Al 49 (17%) 33 (21%) 8 (11%) 7 (21%) 97 (18%)
D 12 (4%) 18 (12%) 3 (4%) 2 (6%) 35 (6%)
CRF01_AE 8 (3%) 5 (3%) 3 (4%) 3 (9%) 19 (3%)
Other 6 (2%) 3 (2%) 2 (3%) 2 (6%) 13 (2%)
Hepatitis B surface antigen (n, %) Positive 14 (5%) 8 (5%) 3 (4%) 4 (12%) 29 (5%)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) (n, %) Underweight (< 18) 51 (18%) 20 (13%) 13 (19%) 6 (18%) 90 (16%)
Normal (18 – <25) 162 (57%) 93 (60%) 44 (63%) 16 (47%) 315 (58%)
Overweight (25 – <30) 47 (16%) 29 (19%) 8 (11%) 9 (26%) 93 (17%)
Obese (30+) 27 (9%) 12 (8%) 5 (7%) 3 (9%) 47 (9%)
Years on antiretroviral therapy Median (IQR) 7.9 (5.5, 10.0) 8.0 (6.0, 10.9) 8.1 (6.2, 9.9) 7.8 (5.6, 10.1) 7.9 (5.9, 10.2)
Years from last NNRTI to entry Median (IQR) 3.2 (1.8, 5.0) 3.5 (2.1, 6.1) 3.0 (1.8, 4.3) 3.8 (2.4, 4.7) 3.3 (1.9, 5.0)
NRTI Exposure (n, %) Tenofovir (TDF) 232 (81%) 132 (86%) 66 (94%) 28 (82%) 458 (84%)
Zidovudine (ZDV) 229 (80%) 122 (79%) 52 (74%) 26 (76%) 429 (79%)
Lamivudine (3TC) 287 (100%) 153 (99%) 70 (100%) 34 (100%) 544 (100%)
Stavudine (D4T) 152 (53%) 93 (60%) 48 (69%) 17 (50%) 310 (57%)
TDF use in initial 1st line regimen n (%) 38 (13%) 17 (11%) 5 (7%) 3 (9%) 63 (12%)
TDF use during NNRTI use n (%) 81 (28%) 45 (29%) 19 (27%) 7 (21%) 152 (28%)
TDF use in 2nd line regimen ongoing at screening n (%) 174 (61%) 108 (70%) 59 (84%) 27 (79%) 368 (68%)
TDF use in initial 1st line regimen and in 2nd line regimen ongoing at screening n (%) 14 (5%) 6 (4%) 0 (0%) 3 (9%) 23 (4%)

IQR is defined as the inter-quartile range and displays the 1st and 3rd quartiles, respectively. Baseline was defined as the last evaluation on or before the date of study entry. Summaries of ARV drug exposure were derived using data collected during the screening period.