Table 2.

Demographic and disease characteristics of the 19 participants who completed the Last Gift study with rapid research autopsy

Deceased with autopsy (N = 19)	N (%) or median [IQR]
Age: median [IQR]	63 [52–72]
Sex assigned at birth
Male	17 (89.5%)
Female	2 (10.5%)
Gender
Men	16 (84.2%)
Women	2 (10.5%)
Non-binary	1 (5.3%)
Race/ethnicity
White/Non-Hispanic	15 (78.9%)
White/Hispanic	2 (10.5%)
Black/non-Hispanic	1 (5.3%)
Asian/Pacific Islander/non-Hispanic	1 (5.3%)
Continued ART until death	14 (73.7%)
Plasma HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL	15 (78.9%)
Last CD4 + T-cell count (cell/µL)	237 [138–464]
CD4 + T-cell Nadir (cell/µL)	63 [20–186]
Estimated duration of infection (years)	23 [15–31]
Terminal illness
ALS	3 (15.8%)
Solid tumor malignancy	10 (52.6%)
Hematologic malignancy	2 (10.5%)
Other	4 (21%)