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Table 1 Patient Characteristics at Study Entry (n = 278)

From: Predictive validity of a brief antiretroviral adherence index: Retrospective cohort analysis under conditions of repetitive administration

Characteristic

 

Sex [n (%)]

 

Female

33 (12)

Male

245 (88)

HIV Transmission Risk Factor [n (%)]

 

MSM1, not IDU2

179 (64)

Heterosexual contact

52 (19)

IDU

23 (8)

Other/Unknown

24 (9)

Race/Ethnicity [n (%)]

 

White

130 (47)

Black

30 (11)

Hispanic

87 (31)

Other/Unknown

31 (11)

Age (years)

 

[mean (sd)]

39.5 (9.2)

[median (range)]

39 (19–77)

ART3 Treatment Experience [n (%)]

 

Naive

168 (60)

Experienced

110 (40)

Baseline absolute CD4

 

[mean (sd)]

201 (163)

[median (range)]

173 (0–883)

Baseline log10 HIV-1 Plasma Viral Load

 

[mean (sd)]

4.9 (0.7)

[median (range)]

5.0 (2.7–6.3)

Days on new regimen

 

[median (range)]

286 (30–1221)

Year of study entry [n (%)]

 

2003

51 (18)

2004

103 (37)

2005

81 (29)

2006

43 (16)

New Regimen Type4 [n(%)]

 

NNRTI & ≥ 2 NRTIs

63 (23)

PIb & ≥ 2 NRTIs

204 (73)

NNRTI & PIb & ≥ 1 NRTI

8 (3)

≥ 2 NRTI

3 (1)

# Adherence Scores per patient

 

[median (range)]

4 (1–27)

  1. 1. MSM: men having sex with men.
  2. 2. IDU: injection drug use.
  3. 3. ART: antiretroviral therapy
  4. 4. NNRTI: non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NRTI: nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PIb: ritonavir boosted protease inhibitor.