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.