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. 2021 Jan 3;73(7):e2059–e2069. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1928

Table 1.

Baseline Demographic and Clinical Data of Women Living With or at Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection at the Time of Enrollment in the Women’s Interagency HIV Studya

Characteristic Entire Cohortb
(N = 3129)
HIV Positive
(n = 2239)
HIV Negative
(n = 890)
P Valuec
Age, y, median (Q1–Q3) 37 (31–45) 38 (32–45) 36 (28–44) <.0001
Age group, y <.0001
 <25 222 (7) 95 (4) 127 (14)
 25–29 390 (12) 263 (12) 127 (14)
 30–34 602 (19) 458 (20) 144 (16)
 35–39 625 (20) 463 (21) 162 (18)
 40–44 496 (16) 378 (17) 118 (13)
 45–49 343 (11) 259 (12) 84 (9)
 50–54 265 (8) 189 (8) 76 (9)
 ≥55 186 (6) 134 (6) 52 (6)
Follow-up time, y, median (Q1–Q3) 14.3 (3–17.2) 14.3 (3–17.4) 14.4 (3.2–16.7) .8321
Race/ethnicity .1110
 White, non-Hispanic 346 (11) 264 (12) 82 (9)
 Black, non-Hispanic 2033 (65) 1438 (64) 595 (67)
 Hispanic 642 (21) 465 (21) 177 (20)
 Other 108 (3) 72 (3) 36 (4)
WIHS enrollment wave <.0001
 1994–1995 1149 (37) 862 (39) 287 (32)
 2001–2002 858 (27) 554 (25) 304 (34)
 2011–2012 333 (11) 250 (11) 83 (9)
 2013–2015 789 (25) 573 (26) 216 (24)
BMI, kg/m2 .0008
  <30 1779 (58) 1317 (60) 462 (53)
  ≥30 1288 (42) 882 (40) 406 (47)
SBP, mm Hg, median (Q1–Q3) 116 (107–127) 115 (107–127) 116 (108–128) .0742
DBP, mm Hg, median (Q1–Q3) 74 (68–80) 74 (68–81) 73 (68–80) .1379
Antihypertensive medication use 579 (19) 439 (20) 140 (16) .0118
Lipid-lowering medication use 155 (5) 108 (5) 47 (5) .5966
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI), median (Q1–Q3) 100 (85.4–117) 99.3 (84.2–116.4) 101.5 (87.6–118.8) .0099
CES-D scored, median (Q1–Q3) 12 (5–22) 12 (5–23) 12 (5–22) .2353
Education .1848
 High school or less 2025 (65) 1466 (66) 559 (63)
 More than high school 1099 (35) 771 (34) 328 (37)
Income .7486
 <$12 000 1748 (56) 1262 (57) 486 (55)
 $12 001–$24 000 764 (25) 544 (24) 220 (25)
 >$24 000 591 (19) 418 (19) 173 (20)
Insured 2490 (81) 1928 (87) 562 (64) <.0001
Marital status 1029 (33) 741 (33) 288 (32) <.0001
 Married/partner 803 (26) 617 (28) 186 (21)
 Had a partner 1296 (41) 881 (39) 415 (47)
 Never married/other
Owner of residence 2293 (73) 1720 (77) 573 (64) <.0001
Cigarette use <.0001
 Never 1077 (35) 814 (37) 263 (30)
 Current 1451 (47) 977 (44) 474 (54)
 Former 568 (18) 428 (19) 140 (16)
Current alcohol use <.0001
 None 1535 (50) 1158 (52) 377 (43)
 1–7 drinks/wk 1202 (39) 843 (38) 359 (41)
 >7 drinks/wk 341 (11) 206 (9) 135 (16)
Marijuana use <.0001
 Never 1049 (34) 826 (37) 223 (25)
 Current 690 (22) 433 (20) 257 (29)
 Former 1354 (44) 957 (43) 397 (45)
Crack/cocaine use <.0001
 Never 2412 (78) 1787 (81) 625 (71)
 Current 350 (11) 218 (10) 132 (15)
 Former 333 (11) 213 (10) 120 (14)
Opioid use (heroin/methadone) .0031
 Never 2869 (93) 2078 (94) 791 (90)
 Current 112 (4) 71 (3) 41 (5)
 Former 114 (4) 69 (3) 45 (5)
Injection drug use .0862
 Never 2548 (82) 1819 (82) 729 (83)
 Current 75 (2) 47 (2) 28 (3)
 Former 470 (15) 350 (16) 120 (14)
Noninjection drug use <.0001
 Never 864 (28) 691 (31) 173 (20)
 Current 863 (28) 544 (25) 319 (36)
 Former 1366 (44) 981 (44) 385 (44)
Chronic HBV 64 (2) 54 (2) 10 (1) .0216
Chronic HCV 345 (11) 269 (12) 76 (9) .0051
CD4 cell count, cells/μL, median (Q1–Q3) 484 (308–698)
CD4 nadir, cells/μL, median (Q1–Q3) 280 (159–414)
HIV viral load
  Suppressede 971 (45)
  200–999 copies/mL 197 (9)
  ≥1000 copies/mL 976 (46)
ART status
 No therapy 709 (32)
 Mono/dual ART 421 (19)
 Combination ART 1109 (50)

Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: ART, combined antiretroviral therapy; BMI, body mass index; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression; CKD-EPI, Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; Q1, first quartile; Q3, third quartile; SBP, systolic blood pressure; WIHS, Women’s Interagency HIV Study.

aColumn percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

bData missing for BMI (n = 62), SBP (n = 2), DBP (n = 2), CES-D (n = 1), CD4 count (n = 82), and CD4 nadir (n = 82).

cχ 2 test performed for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables.

dRange 0–60, threshold for depressive symptoms ≥16.

eHIV viral load <200 copies/mL and/or less than the lower limit of quantification of the assay.