Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) and Menopause on Risk of Progression of Cervical Dysplasia in Human Immune-Deficiency Virus- (HIV-) Infected Women

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the cohort.

Baseline characteristics	Total number of women (𝑛=245)
Mean age, years (SD)	36.5 (9.8)
Mean CD4^+ nadir, cells/mm^3 (SD)	205.9 (195.3)
Mean baseline HIV RNA, Log10 copies/mL (SD)	4.9 log (5.2)
Median number of PAP test (range)	9 (2–32)
Risk factors for HIV infection
Unprotected heterosexual contact, 𝑛 (%)	205 (83.7%)
IV drug use, 𝑛 (%)	37 (15.1%)
Vertical transmission, 𝑛 (%)	6 (2.4%)
History of smoking
Current smokers, 𝑛 (%)	131 (53.5%)
Former smokers, 𝑛 (%)	20 (8.2%)
Never smoked, 𝑛 (%)	94 (38.4%)
Race*
Black, 𝑛 (%)	124 (50.6%)
White, 𝑛 (%)	71 (29.0%)
Other, 𝑛 (%)	50 (20.4%)
Ethnicity
Hispanic, 𝑛 (%)	48 (19.6%)
Non-Hispanic, 𝑛 (%)	197 (80.4%)

SD: standard deviation.
∗Other includes Asians, Native Americans, and Hispanics who declined to identify themselves as black or white.