Table 1.
Demographic information.
| Characteristic | Overall Cohort (N=382) | HIV-negative (n=90) | HIV-positive (n=164) | TopCATsa (n=53) | BottomCATsb (n=75) | P valuec | |||
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HIV-negative vs HIV-positive | TopCATs vs BottomCATs | HIV-positive vs BottomCATs | ||||||
| Gender, n (%) | |||||||||
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Male | 130 (34.0) | 44 (49) | 44 (26.8) | 32 (59) | 17 (23) | N/Ad | N/A | N/A |
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Female | 239 (62.7) | 46 (51) | 119 (72.6) | 21 (41) | 58 (77) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 37.8 (14.8) | 25.9 (11.8) | 40.8 (13.6) | 38.1 (12.8) | 42.1 (8.4) | <.001 | .001 | .001 | |
| PTAe, mean (SD) | |||||||||
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Right ear | 7.62 (6.1) | 3.93 (6.8) | 7.25 (5.2) | 5.06 (5.2) | 8.42 (8.2) | <.001 | .001 | .02 |
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Left ear | 6.43 (6.6) | 3.53 (7.2) | 6.87 (5.9) | 5.88 (5.0) | 7.29 (6.1) | <.001 | .001 | .03 |
| Education (years), mean (SD) | 9.01 (2.7) | 10.23 (2.6) | 8.83 (2.6) | 9.7 (2.3) | 8.62 (2.8) | <.001 | .001 | .34 | |
| MoCAf, mean (SD) | 27.6 (3.0) | 28.2 (3.4) | 27.2 (3.1) | 27.9 (2.8) | 26.7 (3.3) | .009 | .01 | .04 | |
aTopCATs: in the top 20% of central auditory test results for HIV-positive individuals.
bBottomCATs: in the bottom 20% of central auditory test results for HIV-positive individuals.
cBased on two-sample t tests.
dN/A: not applicable.
ePTA: pure tone average (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 kHz).
fMoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment.