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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 Feb 1;86(2):208–212. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002534

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of people living with HIV at six sites across the United States by myocardial infarction type

Characteristic No MI
N=27,866
N (%)
T1MI*
N=462
N (%)
T2MI
N=413
N (%)
P-value^
Age, years median (IQR) <0.001
47 (38,55) 52 (46,58) 50 (43,56)
Age, years by decade <0.001
 <30 2254 (8) 2 (<1) 20 (5)
 30–39 6101 (22) 30 (6) 47 (11)
 40–49 8187 (29) 152 (33) 134 (32)
 50–59 7816 (28) 189 (41) 147 (36)
 60–69 2935 (11) 68 (15) 45 (11)
 ≥70 573 (2) 21 (5) 20 (5)
Sex <0.001
 Male 22561 (81) 393 (85) 301 (73)
Race/Ethnicity <0.001
 White 11529 (41) 225 (49) 106 (26)
 African American 11245 (40) 175 (38) 264 (64)
 Hispanic 3605 (13) 45 (10) 34 (8)
 Other/unknown 1487 (5) 17 (4) 9 (2)
HIV Transmission Risk Factor <0.001
 Heterosexual 7071 (25) 106 (23) 123 (30)
 Men who have sex with men 14427 (52) 239 (52) 127 (31)
 Injection drug use 5018 (18) 97 (21) 147 (36)
 Other/unknown 1350 (5) 20 (4) 16 (4)
Antiretroviral therapy <0.001
 Yes 22,100 (79) 390 (84) 298 (72)
CD4 count closest to event (cells/μl) <0.001
 0–200 4480 (16) 92 (20) 170 (41)
 201–350 4107 (15) 82 (18) 75 (18)
 >350 19199 (69) 287 (62) 168 (41)
Nadir CD4 cell count (cells/μl) 0.06
 Median (IQR) 223 (70,390) 150 (41,298) 98 (17,242)
HIV-1 RNA closest to event (copies/ml) <0.001
  <500 21181 (76) 339 (74) 229 (55)
  500–100,000 4900 (18) 97 (21) 121 (29)
  >100,000 1617 (6) 25 (5) 63 (15)
Lipid Levels mean (mean, SD)
 Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) 172 (42) 188 (53) 164 (58) <0.001
 HDL (mg/dL) 46 (16) 41 (14) 43 (20) 0.06
 LDL (mg/dL) 98 (34) 108 (41) 86 (39) <0.001
 Triglycerides 156 (132) 213 (183) 192 (223) 0.2
Statin use <0.001
 Yes 5403 (19) 228 (49) 103 (25)
Blood pressure (mean, SD)
 Systolic (mmHg) 126 (16) 131 (20) 129 (23) 0.2
 Diastolic (mmHg) 79 (11) 80 (13) 79 (14) 0.1
Anti-hypertensive medication use 0.3
 Yes 10685 (39) 323 (70) 273 (67)
Diabetes 0.3
 Yes 3429 (12) 113 (24) 113 (27)
Ever smoking 0.3
 Yes 10152 (36) 216 (47) 180 (44)
Body mass index (mean, SD) <0.001
 BMI (kg/m2) 27 (6) 27 (6) 25 (6)
Risk Score (mean, SD) 0.7
 ASCVD (%10 year event risk) 8 (10) 14 (12) 14 (14)
*

T1MI also includes patients with coronary interventions

^

Comparing T1MI to T2MI

Demographic and clinical characteristics at time of MI or at end of follow-up

MI: myocardial infarctions; T1MI: type 1 myocardial infarction; T2MI type 2 myocardial infarctions