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Racial/ethnic differences in CD4 T cell count and viral load at presentation for medical care and in follow-up after
Susan Swindells1, Daniel G Cobos, Nancy Lee
1Department of Internal Medicine, Universitsity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
AIDS (London, England)
|September 10, 2002
Abstract:
The baseline characteristics of antiretroviral-naive patients were compared by ethnic/racial groups. First CD4 T cell counts were lower for Latino (P = 0.0004) and black patients (P = 0.10) when compared with white patients. First HIV-1-RNA levels were higher in Latino patients (P = 0.08), who were also more likely to present with major opportunistic infections (P < 0.004). Once in care, changes in CD4 T cell counts and viral loads over time did not differ significantly between groups.