Table
4. Association of
Plasma HIV-1 RNA level with Decline
Table 4.
in CD4+ cell Count and Risk of AIDS and Death.
|
Plasma
HIV-1
RNA level
(bDNA assay) |
Change
in CD4+ cell count per year
(cells/mm3) |
Progression
to AIDS
within 6 years |
Death
from AIDS within 6 years |
| |
| <500
copies/mL |
-36.3
|
5.4%
|
0.9%
|
| 501-3,000
copies/mL |
-44/8
|
16.6%
|
6.3%
|
| 3,001-10,000
copies/mL |
-55.2
|
31.7%
|
18.1%
|
| 10,001-30,000
copies/mL |
-64.8
|
55.2%
|
34.9%
|
| >30,000
copies/mL |
-76.5
|
80.0%
|
69.5%
|
| |
|
|
|
| Adapted
from Mellors et al. Ann Intern Med 1997; 126:946-954. |
|