Table 1.

Association between characteristics of study subjects and TTV in saliva.

Parameter	N°subjects	Median Log10 TTV/ml (interquartile range)
Male	200	3.3 (2.3, 4.3)a
Female	76	2.4 (<0.3, 3.5)
White	167	3.2 (1.0, 4.0)
Non-white	109	2.9 (1.7, 4.3)
HIV acquisition
Sexual acquisitionb	164	3.2 (2.3, 4.2)
IV drug use	36	3.7 (2.4, 4.4)
Blood transfusion	77	2.4 (<0.3, 3.6)

^a p < 0.0001 vs. female (Mann-Whitney test);

^bp < 0.0001 for mode of HIV acquisition (Kruskal-Wallis test).