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Table 1 Characteristics at baseline of VACS Patients enrolled in survey sample and of those with clinically confirmed community acquired pneumonia (confirmed-CAP) within the sample

From: Validation for using electronic health records to identify community acquired pneumonia hospitalization among people with and without HIV

 

VACS Survey Sample

With Confirmed-CAP

Total

PWH

Uninfected

P

Total

PWH

Uninfected

P

Demographics

6824

3410

3414

397

321

76

Mean age in years (SD)

49.8 (9.4)

49.1 (8.8)

50.4 (10.0)

< 0.001

53.3

52.2

57.8

< 0.001

Male Gender

95%

97%

92%

< 0.001

97%

98%

95%

0.1

Non-white race

79%

81%

76%

< 0.001

86%

89%

72%

0.002

Behaviors

 Tobacco use ever

75%

77%

72%

< 0.001

86%

86%

88%

0.3

 Hazardous alcohol use

27%

26%

28%

0.009

29%

29%

28%

0.8

 IV drug use ever

25%

33%

16%

< 0.001

41%

47%

16%

< 0.001

Comorbidities

 Diabetes mellitus

33%

28%

38%

< 0.001

44%

41%

54%

.04

 CKD

12%

13%

11%

.07

24%

22%

28%

0.4

 COPD

5%

5%

5%

.7

10%

9%

14%

0.2

 HCV

41%

53%

28%

< 0.001

58%

65%

28%

< 0.001

HIV Parameters

 CD4 ≥ 200 cells/μL

76%

64%

 On antiretroviral treatment

72%

68%

 VL ≤500 RNA copies/mL

50%

40%

EHR CAP Codes

 Any Inpatient CAP ICD-9 code, n (%)

549 (8)

433 (13)

116 (4)

< 0.001

 Confirmed-CAP by chart review, n (%)

397 (6)

321 (9)

76 (2)

< 0.001

  1. Age, at time of VACS survey for VACS survey sample, age at time of CAP for those with confirmed-CAP; hazardous alcohol use, based on AUDIT-C score EGFR; IV intravenous; CKD Chronic kidney disease defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HCV Hepatitis C infection based on antibody test results and/or HCV RNA, CD4 CD4 cell count, VL Viral load, EHR Electronic health record