Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants by childhood trauma exposure

Mean age in years ± SD

35.23 ± 7.24

35.81 ± 6.60

33.58 ± 8.80)

–1.16

0.250

Median years of education (interquartile range)

11.00 (9.00 –11.00)

10.00 (9.00 –11.00)

11.00 (10.00–12.00)

362.00

0.052

Median viral load (interquartile range)^a

18,459.50 (1732.25–64,831.75)

24,510.00 (4478.00–64,634.50)

9759.00 (1284.50–50,905.50)

320.50

0.023

Median log-transformed viral load (interquartile range)^a

4.26 (3.20 –4.82)

4.39 (3.52 –4.81)

3.99 (3.08–4.87)

140.00

0.332

Median CD4 count (interquartile range)

453.00 (270.50–664.25)

432.00 (259.50–643.75)

481.50 (410.25–677.75)

412.00

0.336

Median CD8 count (range)

834.00 (620.50–1107.75)

768.00 (539.00–1090.00)

1050.00 (754.00–1284.00)

357.50

0.203

On ART treatment

56

47

9

12.38

0.001

AA37 ^b

1.11

0.574

I

3

3

0

AA41^b

2.78

0.427

S

24

20

4

N

12

7

5

AA55^b

5.61

0.061

A

13

13

0

Hetero- or homozygous for the ApoE ε4 allele^c

26

18

8

1.72

0.190

Mean baseline global cognitive score ± SD

–0.02 ± 0.55

–0.08 ± 0.54

0.15 ± 0.53

1.61

0.112

Mean follow-up global cognitive score ± SD

–0.12 ± 0.53

–0.19 ± 0.55

0.07 ± 0.41

1.88

0.064