HIV-uninfected
non-IDUs
(N=13)
HIV-uninfected
IDUs
(N=19)
HIV-infected non-IDUs
(N=8)
HIV-infected IDUs
(N=10)
Gender (% male) 61.5 68.4 87.5 90.0
Age (mean yrs, sd) 39.0 (9.5) 37.4 (8.5) 40.5 (8.6) 42.1 (8.1)
Race/Ethnicity (%)*
Black 15.4 10.5 75.0 20.0
Hispanic 69.2 73.7 25.0 80.0
White 15.4 15.8 0 0
Education (%)*
<HS 7.7 42.1 25.0 50.0
GED/HS 23.1 36.8 25.0 50.0
>HS 69.2 21.1 50.0 0
Homelessness (%) 0 10.5 0 0
HIV viral load
(copies/ml plasma),
mean, (range)
<48 <48 58,409
(13,571-214,696)
63,046
(7,259-111,609)
CD4 count (cells/mm3),
mean, (range)
925
(442-1449)
950
(456-2021)
456
(37-645)
264
(9-819)
HCV-infected (number, %) 0/13 14/19 (74) 1/9 (11) 9/10 (90)
Table 1: Socio-demographic clinical characteristics of the study volunteers (N=50); * p<0.05; Note: Significance tests used: Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and one-way ANOVA for continuous variables.