Summary of clinical features and demographic characteristics of the chronic cohort.

aCAU = Caucasian; AA = African-American bMSM = Men who have sex with men; IVDU = IV drug user cAbsolute CD4 counts (cells/uL) and plasma VL (HIV-1 RNA copies/mL) are represented as median values; all patients are ART naïve. *, p = 0.001 between controller and non-controller CD4 counts **, p < 0.0001 between controller and non-controller plasma VL Summary of clinical features and demographic characteristics of the chronic cohort.