TABLE 2.

Clinical Characteristics of Adults Receiving HIV Care in the United States, 2014–2019, the Medical Monitoring Project

Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19	Sample Size	Weighted Col % (95% CI)
Total	11,562
Comorbidities in the past 24 months*
Obesity	1476	12.3 (11.4 to 13.1)
Chronic kidney disease	1390	11.7 (10.8 to 12.6)
Diabetes	1503	12.6 (11.9 to 13.4)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	1168	10.1 (9.4 to 10.8)
Immunocompromised from organ transplantation	21	0.1 (0.1 to 0.2)
Heart disease	1114	9.3 (8.7 to 10.0)
Sickle cell disease	11	0.1 (0.0 to 0.1)†
Any comorbidity in the past 24 months*	4473	37.9 (36.6 to 39.2)
Age
≥50 yrs	6129	51.6 (50.4 to 52.8)
≥65 yrs	993	8.3 (7.5 to 9.0)
HIV control during the past 24 mo
Lowest CD4 count <200 cells/µL	1539	13.2 (12.2 to 14.2)
Any HIV RNA ≥200 copies/mL	3070	27.6 (26.1 to 29.2)
Any AIDS-defining illness‡	727	5.9 (5.5 to 6.4)
Poorly controlled HIV (any CD4 count <200 cells/µL, any HIV RNA ≥200 copies/mL, or any AIDS-defining illness)	3990	35.8 (34.4 to 37.2)
Combinations of any comorbidity, age, and poorly controlled HIV
Any comorbidity or age ≥50 yrs	7614	64.5 (63.3 to 65.7)
Any comorbidity or age ≥65 yrs	4868	41.2 (40.0 to 42.4)
Any comorbidity or poorly controlled HIV	6898	61.3 (59.9 to 62.7)
Any comorbidity, age ≥50 years, or poorly controlled HIV	9125	79.7 (78.7 to 80.7)
Any comorbidity, age ≥65 years, or poorly controlled HIV	7203	63.9 (62.7 to 65.1)

^*Defined as documented diagnosis in the medical record at the usual place of HIV care.

^†Estimate is unstable. Coefficient of variation is ≥ 0.3.

^‡AIDS-defining opportunistic illness defined by CDC during the past 24 months: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5710a1.htm

CD4, CD4⁺ T-lymphocyte cell.