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Table 1 Baseline patient demographics, characteristics, and medical history

From: Evaluation of cardiovascular biomarkers in a randomized trial of fosamprenavir/ritonavir vs. efavirenz with abacavir/lamivudine in underrepresented, antiretroviral-naïve, HIV-infected patients (SUPPORT): 96-week results

 

FPV/r + ABC/3TC (n = 51)

EFV + ABC/3TC (n = 50)

Median age, years (range)

34.0 (18–79)

33.5 (19–55)

Female, n (%)

16 (31%)

16 (32%)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

  

 African American, non-Hispanic

29 (57%)

33 (66%)

 Hispanic, non-African American

18 (35%)

13 (26%)

 African American and Hispanic

3 (6%)

4 (8%)

 Asian

1 (2%)

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Median plasma HIV-1 RNA, log10 copies/mL

4.96

4.82

 ≥100,000 copies/mL, n (%)

22 (43%)

20 (40%)

Median CD4 cell count, cells/mm3 (range)

237.0 (19–1061)

272.5 (19–699)

 <200 cells/mm3, n (%)

21 (41%)

17 (34%)

 <50 cells/mm3, n (%)

3 (6%)

7 (14%)

Positive hepatitis C serology

5 (10%)

5 (10%)

CDC classification for HIV infection, n (%)

  

 Category A

40 (78%)

43 (86%)

 Category B

4 (8%)

7 (14%)

 Category C

7 (14%)

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Framingham risk score <5%*, n (%)

28 (78%)

28 (88%)

Diabetes type II, n (%)

3 (6%)

1 (2%)

Hypercholesterolemia, n (%)

17 (33%)

14 (28%)

Hypertension, n (%)

9 (18%)

12 (24%)

Tobacco use

  

 Never smoked, n (%)

26 (51%)

19 (38%)

 Current smoker, n (%)

20 (39%)

20 (40%)

 Former smoker, n (%)

5 (10%)

11 (22%)

 Years smoked, median (range)

10 (2–39)

10 (0–33)

  1. *FPV/r, n = 36; EFV, n = 32. Framingham scores were calculated only in non-diabetic individuals aged 30 years or older. FPV/r, n = 24; EFV, n = 30.
  2. Abbreviations: ABC/3TC abacavir/lamivudine, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, EFV efavirenz, FPV/r fosamprenavir/ritonavir.