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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Factors affecting antiretroviral pharmacokinetics in HIV-infected women with virologic suppression on combination antiretroviral therapy: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total n=82

Age

41 (36–48)

Race

 

   White

28 (34%)

   Black

46 (56%)

   Other

8 (10%)

Risk Factor

 

   Injection drug use

11 (13%)

   Endemic country

27 (33%)

   Heterosexual contact

59 (72%)

   Blood transfusion

7 (9%)

   Unknown

8 (10%)

Years since HIV diagnosis

7 (3–11)

CD4+ cell count prior to cART (μL)

232 (128–400)

Current CD4+ cell count (μL)

487 (380–621)

VL prior to cART (log10 copies/mL)

4.5 (3.0-5.0)

AIDS diagnosis

19 (23%)

Months since start of cART

20 (9–45)

cART includes PI

47 (57%)

cART includes NNRTI

35 (43%)

Missed ARV dose in past week

6 (7%)

Hepatitis B co-infection

2 (2%)

Hepatitis C co-infection

10 (12%)

Weight (kg)

67.3 (60.3-81.5)

BMI

25.8 (22.4-31.3)

Menstrual status

 

   Regular periods

44 (54%)

   Irregular periods

10 (12%)

   Current amenorrhea

9 (11%)

   Menopausal

19 (23%)

  1. Continuous variables presented as medians with interquartile range; categorical variables presented as n (%).VL, viral load; AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; cART, combination antiretroviral therapy; PI, protease inhibitor; NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; ARV, antiretroviral; BMI, body mass index.