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. 2022 Sep 2;10(9):e005128. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005128

Table 1.

Participant characteristics at baseline*

HIV+ HIV− P value
N=66 N=56
Immunotherapy type Pembrolizumab 46 (70) 0 (0)
Bintrafusp alfa 0 (0) 56 (100)
Durvalumab 20 (30) 0 (0)
CD4 cells/µL 320 (210–495) 356 (260–470) 0.5†
CD4 count categories <350 36 (55) 23 (50) 0.6
≥350 30 (45) 23 (50)
CD4 count categories <200 14 (21) 7 (15) 0.7
200–350 22 (33) 16 (35)
>350 30 (45) 23 (50)
Cancer type Other 31 (47) 0 (0) <0.001
Virus-associated 35 (53) 56 (100)
HPV-associated Non-HPV-associated 56 (85) 56 (100) 0.002
HPV-associated 10 (15) 0 (0)
Number of prior systemic cancer therapies 0 16 (24) 0 (0) <0.001
1–2 25 (38) 43 (77)
3 11 (17) 11 (20)
≥4 14 (21) 2 (4)
Number of prior systemic cancer therapies 2 (1–3) 2 (1–2) 0.6
Prior radiotherapy No 56 (85) 8 (14) <0.001
Yes 10 (15) 48 (86)
Age (years) 54.0 (47.0–60.0) 58.0 (48.0–64.6) 0.3
Sex Male 58 (88) 20 (36) <0.001
Female 8 (12) 36 (64)
Race Black 18 (27) 3 (5) 0.009
White 43 (65) 46 (82)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 1 (2) 0 (0)
Asian 0 (0) 2 (4)
Multiracial 0 (0) 2 (4)
Not specified 4 (6) 3 (5)
Ethnic group Hispanic or Latino 25 (38) 6 (11) 0.003
Not Hispanic or Latino 40 (61) 48 (86)
Not Reported 1 (2) 2 (4)
Absolute neutrophil count, ×1000/µL 3.6 (2.7–4.7) 4.0 (3.0–5.4) 0.2
Absolute lymphocyte count, ×1000/µL 1.4 (1.0–1.9) 0.9 (0.6–1.4) 0.001

*Data are presented as n (%) or median (IQR).

†Two-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney) test.

HPV, human papillomavirus.