| Cohort | Co-author responsible for data | No. of patients contributing CD4 cell counts | Terminology used to assign ethnicity and region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unselected | Selected | |||
| Canadian (18), (19) | ||||
| Calgary | J. Gill | 79 | 62 | Ethnicity (black, white, Aboriginal, Asian, other, missing) |
| Hamilton | F. Smaill | 30 | 7 | Ethnicity (black, First Nations, white) Country (no Caribbean countries for patients of African ancestry) |
| HOMER | R. Hogg | 1831 | 1112 | Ethnicity (black, white, Asian, First Nations, hispanic, missing) |
| Montréal | M. Klein | 346 | 196 | Country (patient assumed to be of African ancestry if country listed is Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Chad or Zimbabwe, or the Caribbean countries of Barbados, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique or Saint Lucia) |
| Ottawa | C. Cooper | 65 | 50 | Country (patient assumed to be of African ancestry if the country listed is Angola, Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Rwanda, Somalia or Zambia) |
| Toronto | S. Walmsley | 187 | 125 | Ethnicity (black, white, Asian, south Asian, other, missing) Country (Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago listed) |
| European | ||||
| Aquitaine (20) | F. Dabis | 442 | 348 | Not available |
| EuroSIDA (21) | A. Cozzi-Lepri | 349 | 267 | Ethnicity (black, white, Asian, missing) Country (no Caribbean countries for patients of African ancestry) |
| SHCS (22) | B. Ledergerber | 2802 | 2087 | Ethnicity (black, white, hispanic, asian, other, missing) Region (Caribbean) |
| UK CHIC (23) | C. Sabin | 7551 | 5518 | Ethnicity (black, white, Indian, other, missing) Country (Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis listed) |
Note: HOMER = HAART Observational Medical Evaluation and Research study, SHCS = Swiss HIV Cohort Study, UK CHIC = UK Collaborative HIV Cohort study.