Characteristics of HIV-infected individuals initiating HAART after 1 January 1998 with a VL < 50 copies/ml within 180 days of HAART initiation.

Abbreviations: IQR: Interquartile range; MR: Mortality Rate; 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval; MSM: men who have sex with men; HAART: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy; VL: Viral Load.*The column “Individuals with Non-STATIN time” includes data on all patients who were not on statin treatment at study entry, and the column “Individuals with time on a STATIN” includes data on all patients who during observation time were treated with statin. Some patients were therefore included in both columns why the total number adds up to more than 100%.For conversion from the SI unit mmol/L to mg/dL: (mg/dL cholesterol = mmol/L * 38.6) [33].