TABLE 2.

Descriptive statistics for all assays with kit-based and VQA-based HIV-1 log₁₀ RNA copy number estimates

Estimate type for test	Genital tract			Peripheral blood
	No. positive	Median	Range	No. positive	Median	Range
Kit based
Roche	77	3.24	2.61–5.27	250	3.61	2.60–6.05
OTC	80	3.31	1.95–5.90	222	3.87	2.66–6.56
NASBA-QT	48	3.36	2.18–5.90	122	3.90	2.74–5.98
NucliSens	32	3.27	1.95–4.65	100	3.84	2.66–6.56
VQA based
Roche	77	2.97	1.66–5.36	250	3.61	2.21–6.20
OTC	80	3.26	0.60–5.13	222	3.88	1.18–6.59
NASBA-QT	48	3.24	0.60–5.13	122	3.93	1.18–6.29
NucliSens	32	3.38	1.79–4.85	100	3.81	1.92–6.59