Table 1 Characteristics comparison before and after matching
Covariates | Before matching at WIHSbenrollment | After matching at index visit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All HAARTcuse women | All HAART naïve women | p-Value | Matched HAART use women | Matched HAART naïve women | p-Value | |
(N = 2053) | (N = 760) | (N = 389) | (N = 389) | |||
Age, mean (SD a ) | 35 (7.9) | 37 (7.6) | <.0001 | 39.7 (8.7) | 39.4 (8.2) | 0.57 |
Race, N (%) | 0.015 | 0.81 | ||||
White, non-hispanic | 308 (15.0) | 122 (16.1) | 57 (14.7) | 52 (13.4) | ||
Black, non-hispanic | 1119 (54.5) | 451 (59.3) | 233 (59.9) | 246 (63.2) | ||
Hispanic | 560 (27.3) | 162 (21.3) | 88 (22.6) | 80 (20.6) | ||
Other | 66 (3.2) | 25 (3.3) | 11 (2.8) | 11 (2.8) | ||
Education, N (%) | 0.086 | 0.64 | ||||
Less than high school | 759 (37.1) | 304 (40.1) | 148 (38.1) | 158 (40.6) | ||
Completed high school | 612 (29.9) | 237 (31.2) | 126 (32.4) | 127 (32.7) | ||
Some college and above | 677 (33.1) | 218 (28.7) | 115 (29.6) | 104 (26.7) | ||
AIDS, N (%) | 407 (19.8) | 308 (43.08) | <.0001 | 135 (34.7) | 138 (35.5) | 0.82 |
CD4+ cell counts, mean (SD) | 430 (291.7) | 398 (365.3) | <.0001 | 372.6 (248.1) | 358.7 (279.2) | 0.47 |
CD8+ cell counts, mean (SD) | 899.7 (464.1) | 792.2 (597.3) | <.0001 | 847.2 (519.3) | 806.8 (521.4) | 0.28 |
log10 (Viral load), mean (SD) | 3.9 (1.1) | 4.4 (1.2) | <.0001 | 3.9 (1.1) | 4.1 (1.2) | 0.14 |
Quality of life score, mean (SD) | 64.8 (20.4) | 57.4 (21.2) | 0.18 | 63.8 (21.5) | 62.4 (22.2) | 0.35 |