Demographic characteristics in the HIV+ and HIV− groups.

Mean SD otherwise notified; MSM: Men who have sex with men; FSIQ: Predicted Full scale IQ as determined by the NART. Ethnicity: In control group –1 Asian-Australian; 1 Middle-Eastern/Mediterranean Australian In HIV+ group: 1 Asian-Australia, 1 Indigenous-Asian Australian, 2 Middle-Eastern/Mediterranean Australian, 1 South American Australian. All but one had secondary education in English, and this participant had secondary education in Spanish and had lived in Australia for 30 years. HCV: Hepatitis C Virus (Note that all HCV+ individuals were not HCV active as per criteria of inclusion/exclusion).