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. 2021 Jan 3;224(5):881–888. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa801

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics for the Entire Cohort and 3 Subgroups

Characteristics Entire Cohort (n = 1837) Subgroups P
HIV-Infected MSM (n =
1504)
HIV-Uninfected MSM
(n = 155)
HIV-Infected Women
(n = 178)
Age, y, median (IQR) 45 (34–54) 45 (34–54) 37 (31–48) 52 (44–57) <.001
Race/ethnicity
 White 691 (38) 586 (39) 90 (58) 15 (8) <.001
 African American 293 (16) 222 (14) 10 (7) 71 (40)
 Hispanic 357 (19) 302 (20) 9 (6) 46 (26)
 Other 252 (14) 210 (14) 26 (17) 16 (9)
 Unknown 244 (13) 193 (13) 20 (13) 30 (17)
Current smoker 394 (21) 310 (21) 19 (12) 65 (37) <.001
HIV RNA < 100 copies/mL 1510 (92) 1363 (92) 147 (85) .003
CD4+ T-cell count ≥ 500 cells/mL 1136 (71) 1025 (72) 111 (66) .11
Receptive anal intercourse 1773 (97) 1502 (99) 155 (100) 116 (65) <.001
Anal cytology
 Unsatisfactory 66 (4) 52 (3) 7 (5) 7 (4) .19
 Benign 410 (22) 325 (22) 42 (27) 43 (24)
 ASCUS 716 (39) 577 (38) 62 (40) 77 (43)
 LSIL 525 (29) 443 (30) 40 (26) 42 (24)
 ASC-H 44 (2) 42 (3) 1 (1) 1 (1)
 HSIL 76 (4) 65 (4) 3 (2) 8 (4)
Anal hrHPV DNA testing
 Any hrHPV positive 1514 (82) 1248 (83) 130 (84) 136 (76) .08
 HPV16/18 positive 679 (37) 550 (37) 63 (41) 66 (37) .61
 Others positivea 1420 (77) 1186 (79) 115 (74) 119 (67) .001
Biopsy-proven HSIL and cancer 756 (41)b 646 (43) 55 (36) 55 (31) .003

Data are No. of cases (%) unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: ASC-H, atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude HSIL; ASCUS, atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; hrHPV, high-risk human papilloma virus; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; IQR, interquartile range; LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; MSM, men who have sex with men.

aOthers include HPV31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, and 68.

bFour patients were diagnosed with superficially invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the anus.