Anti-inflammatory effects of recreational marijuana in virally suppressed youth with HIV-1 are reversed by use of tobacco products in combination with marijuana

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study groups (n = 88)

NA: not applicable. PIs: protease inhibitors. NRTIs: nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. NNRTIs: non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
^aMedian [25th and 75th quartile range]
^bPercent of YWH (n = 54)
^cVirally suppressed YWH, who used tobacco only or combinations of other substances, were excluded from the analyses due to small sample size
^#Ages were similar between Reference Group and Group I (p = 0.6107) and among YWH groups (p = 0.7947). YWOH was younger than YWH (p < 0.0001)
^†Gender proportions were similar among study groups (p = 0.1611)
^‡Proportions of African American were similar between YWOH and YWH (p = 0.3262) and within YWH groups (p = 0.1655) except that YWOH using substances had less proportion of African American in contrast to other groups (p = 0.0222)
^$Duration on ART was similar among YWH groups (p = 0.5069)
^§Types of ART were balanced across YWH groups (p = 0.9637)
^¶CD4 T cell counts at end of study were similar among all groups (p = 0.7927) and nadir CD4 T cell counts were similar among YWH groups (p = 0.4208)

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