Table 1


Truvada
Kivexa
p-value

Total number
129
103

Male
119 (92.3%)
96 (93.2%)
0.78
Female
10
7

Age (median, IQR)
38 (32.43)
38 (32.43)

Ethnicity



African
28 (21.7%)
39 (37.9%)
0.001
Causcasian
95 (73.6%)
55 (50.5%)
0.001
Other
6 (4.7%)
12 (11.6%)
0.001
Smoker
51 (42.5%)
31 (30.4%)
0.06
History of cardiovascular event
5 (3.9%)
4 (3.9%)
0.63
Hypertensive
9 (7.0%)
13 (12.6%)
0.14
Diabetic
3 (2.3%)
6 (5.8%)
0.14
HBV co-infected
13 (10.1%)
1 (1.0%)
0.02
HCV co-infected
1 (0.8%)
4 (3.9%)
0.27
AIDS diagnosis
26 (20.2%)
19 (18.5%)
0.74
ART experienced
63 (48.8%)
53 (51.5%)
0.74
Current drug



PI
32 (24.8%)
19 (18.5%)
0.25
NNRTI
97 (75.2%)
84 (81.6%)

Baseline laboratory markers



CD4 (cells/mm3) median
235
228
0.49
Viral load (log copies/ml) median
4.5
3.8
0.07
Cholesterol (mmol/l) median
4.3
4.5
0.05
HDL (mmol/l) median
1.1
1.2
0.52
Triglyceride (mmol/l) median
1.4
1.3
0.59
GFR
110
107
0.14

Eccleston et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2008 11(Suppl 1):P79   doi:10.1186/1758-2652-11-S1-P79