Demographic and clinical characteristics by neurocognitive status, N=132
| Normal, N=102 (77.3%) | HAND, N=30 (22.7%) | p Value | |
| Age | |||
| Mean (years) | 43.45 (SD=10.19) | 54.40 (SD=10.83) | <0.001 |
| Education | |||
| Mean (years) | 11.45 (SD=3.97) | 8.03 (SD=3.66) | <0.001 |
| Employment (n, %) | |||
| Professional | 40 (39.2%) | 3 (10%) | |
| Blue-collar | 36 (35.3%) | 13 (43.3%) | 0.001 |
| Unemployed | 26 (25.5%) | 14 (46.7%) | |
| Gender (n, %) | |||
| Male | 86 (84.3%) | 28 (93.3%) | 0.362 |
| Female | 16 (15.7%) | 2 (6.7%) | |
| Race (n, %) | |||
| Chinese | 85 (83.3%) | 28 (93.3%) | 0.317 |
| Malay | 8 (7.8%) | 0 | |
| Indian | 6 (5.9%) | 2 (6.7%) | |
| Others | 3 (2.9%) | 0 | |
| Stage of illness at diagnosis (n, %) | |||
| A | 62 (60.8%) | 9 (30%) | 0.006 |
| B | 8 (7.8%) | 2 (6.7%) | |
| C | 32 (31.4%) | 19 (63.3%) | |
| Baseline CD4 (n, %) | |||
| <200 | 48 (47.5%) | 24 (80.0%) | |
| 200–499 | 40 (39.6%) | 2 (6.7%) | 0.002 |
| >500 | 13 (12.9%) | 4 (13.3%) | |
| Current CD4 (n, %) | |||
| <200 | 23 (22.8%) | 8 (27.6%) | |
| 200–499 | 53 (52.5%) | 16 (55.2%) | 0.670 |
| >500 | 25 (24.8%) | 5 (17.2%) | |
| Comorbid STI (n, %) | 43 (42.2%) | 15 (50.0%) | 0.447 |
| Comorbid vascular risk factor(s) (n, %) | 38 (37.3%) | 16 (53.3%) | 0.115 |
STI, sexually transmitted infection.