Table 1.
Participant cohort demographics and characteristics.
| Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-MSM-SN | MSM-SN | MSM-ART | MSM-HIV | F-SN | F-HIV | |
| N | 14 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Race (BA/A/W/O) a | 0/1/13/0 | 1/0/17/0 | 2/0/12/0 | 2/0/13/0 | 0/0/4/1 | 0/0/5/0 |
| Ethnicity (H/NH) b | 2/12 | 1/17 | 0/13 | 2/13 | 1/4 | 2/3 |
| Median age (years) |
32 (22-70) |
35.5 (27-50) |
56
c
(44-65) |
36 (23-55) |
29 (24-61) |
54 (30-63) |
| Median HIV-1 viral load (RNA copies/mL) |
NA | NA | 0 (0-20) |
62800
d
(159-5.2e5) |
NA | 20 (0-20) |
| Median CD4+ T cell count (cells/μL) |
NA | NA | 648 (177-1114) |
577 (201-939) |
NA | 639 (187-1417) |
| Median fecal BCA (ug/mL) |
881.7 | 829.8 | 700.1 | 763.8 | 868.6 | 1025.8 |
Kruskal-Wallis tests were performed for all demographic characteristics, corrected for multiple comparisons and significant differences are indicated. Units are provided in parentheses in the first column and all information in parentheses in subsequent columns are data ranges.
a
BA, Black/African American; A, Asian; W, White; O, Other.
b
H, Hispanic; NH, non-Hispanic.
c
The median age of MSM-ART is significantly higher compared to all cohorts excluding F-HIV. (Non-MSM-SN: P = 0.0017; MSM-SN: P = 0.0060; MSM-HIV: P=0.0051; F-SN: P=0.020).
d
P < 0.0001 in comparison to MSM-ART and P=0.0056 in comparison to F-HIV. NA, Not Applicable.