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Table 1 Demographic, lifestyle and HIV-related characteristics of HIV-positive and HIV-negative study participants at enrolment (IQR: interquartile range)

From: Defining cognitive impairment in people-living-with-HIV: the POPPY study

 

≥50 HIV-positive (N = 290)

≥50 HIV-negative (N = 97)

p-value

Age [years], median (range)

57 (50, 82)

58 (50, 83)

0.22

Gender, n (%)

  

<0.01

 Female

34 (11.7 %)

33 (34.0 %)

 

 Male

256 (88.3 %)

64 (66.0 %)

 

Ethnicity, n (%)

  

0.47

 Black-African

37 (12.8 %)

9 (9.3 %)

 

 White

253 (87.2 %)

88 (90.7 %)

 

Country of birth, n (%)

  

0.92

 UK/Ireland

202 (69.7 %)

70 (72.2 %)

 

 Rest of Europe

17 (5.9 %)

4 (4.1 %)

 

 Africa

44 (15.2 %)

14 (14.4 %)

 

 Rest of the world

27 (9.3 %)

9 (9.3 %)

 

Sexual orientation, n (%)

  

<0.01

 Gay/Homosexual

208 (71.7 %)

40 (41.2 %)

 

 Bisexual

11 (3.8 %)

1 (1.0 %)

 

 Straight/Heterosexual

56 (19.3 %)

50 (51.6 %)

 

 Other/Unknown

15 (5.2 %)

6 (6.2 %)

 

Education, n (%)

  

0.14

 No qualification

31 (10.7 %)

4 (4.1 %)

 

 O levels/GCSEs (or equivalent at age 16)

41 (14.1 %)

18 (18.6 %)

 

 A levels (or equivalent at age 18)

41 (14.1 %)

20 (20.6 %)

 

 University degree or above

127 (43.8 %)

42 (43.3 %)

 

 Other/Unknown

50 (17.2 %)

13 (13.4 %)

 

Smoking status, n (%)

  

0.79

 Current smoker

70 (24.1 %)

20 (20.6 %)

 

 Ex-smoker

108 (37.2 %)

37 (38.1 %)

 

 Never smoked

111 (38.3 %)

39 (40.2 %)

 

 Not known

1 (0.3 %)

1 (1.0 %)

 

Years of smoking (current/past smokers), median (IQR)

32 (20, 40)

33 (21, 40)

0.86

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

  

0.13

 Current consumption

227 (78.3 %)

83 (85.6 %)

 

 Previous consumption only

40 (13.8 %)

6 (6.2 %)

 

 Never consumed alcohol

23 (7.9 %)

8 (8.3 %)

 

Recreational drugs in past 6 months, n (%)

83 (27.9 %)

12 (12.4 %)

<0.01

Route of HIV-acquisition, n (%)

   

 Sex between men and women

61 (21.0 %)

N/A

 

 Sex between men

229 (79.0 %)

N/A

 

Years since HIV diagnosis, median (IQR)

16.8 (10.2, 22.9)

N/A

 

CD4+ cell count at enrolment [cells/μL], median (IQR)

610 (478, 780)

N/A

 

On antiretroviral treatment, n (%)

281 (96.9 %)

N/A

 

Viral load <50 copies/mL, n (%)

263 (90.7 %)

N/A