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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population

From: Frontal lobe microglia, neurodegenerative protein accumulation, and cognitive function in people with HIV

 

Total sample (n = 254)

HIV negative

(HIV-neg)

(n = 63)

HIV positive – undetectable** (HIV-U)

(n = 91)

HIV positive – detectable

(HIV-D)

(n = 100)

p

Mean age (SEM)a

52.8 (0.75)

53.3 (1.4)

58.2 (1.2)

47.7 (1.1)

 < 0.0001

Male sex, n (%)

157 (61.8%)

39 (61.9%)

57 (62.6%)

61 (61.0%)

0.9732

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

Black

Hispanic

White

Other

113 (44.5%)

85 (33.5%)

49 (19.3%)

7 (2.7%)

27 (42.9%)

22 (34.9%)

12 (19.1%)

2 (3.1%)

36 (39.6%)

30 (33.0%)

23 (25.2%)

2 (2.2%)

50 (50.0%)

33 (33.0%)

14 (14.0%)

3 (3.0%)

0.5991

APOE \(\upvarepsilon\)4, n (%)*b

76 (30.0%)

18 (28.6%)

20 (22.0%)

38 (38.4%)

0.0460

APOE \(\upvarepsilon\)2, n (%)*

47 (18.6%)

11 (17.5%)

17 (18.7%)

19 (19.2%)

0.9621

Median CD4 count cells/mm3 [IQR]c

NA

NA

278 [133,503]

74 [12,187]

 < 0.0001

Median log plasma HIV load [IQR]d

NA

NA

1.69 [1.69,1.69]

4.67 [2.80,5.53]

 < 0.0001

Mean duration of HIV disease in years (SEM)c

NA

NA

18.6 (0.8)

12.7 (0.7)

 < 0.0001

Frontal parenchymal amyloid deposition, n (%)e

78 (30.7%)

25 (39.7%)

34 (37.4%)

19 (19.0%)

0.0026

Moderate to severe frontal amyloid deposition, n (%)e

28 (11.0%)

9 (14.3%)

12 (13.2%)

7 (7.0%)

0.0120

Neuronal ptau in frontal cortex

58 (22.8%)

17 (27.0%)

22 (24.2%)

19 (19.0%)

0.4623

Hypertensione

118 (46.5%)

35 (55.6%)

53 (58.2%)

30 (30.0%)

0.0001

Diabetes Mellitusf

68 (26.8%)

26 (41.3%)

28 (30.8%)

14 (14.0%)

0.0004

Hepatitis (B or C)g

166 (65.4%)

31 (49.2%)

71 (78.0%)

64 (64.0%)

0.0010

  1. aHIV-U > HIV-neg > HIV-D
  2. bHIV-D > HIV-U, HIV-neg
  3. cHIV-U > HIV-D
  4. dHIV-U < HIV-D
  5. eHIV-D < HIV-U, HIV-neg
  6. fHIV-D < HIV-U < HIV-neg
  7. gHIV-neg < HIV-D < HIV-U
  8. *genotyping unavailable for 1 participant
  9. **limit of detection: 49 copies HIV RNA/ml plasma (log value 1.69)
  10. SEM: standard error of the mean; IQR: interquartile range