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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-1 patients receiving HAART

From: Ultrasound-assessed perirenal fat is related to increased ophthalmic artery resistance index in HIV-1 patients

Characteristic

A (n = 88)

B (n = 38)

C (n = 50)

p-value

Age (years)

42 ± 8.6

41.4 ± 7.0

44.2 ± 8.2

NS

Sex (M/F)

42/26

33/17

25/13

NS

BMI (kg/m2)

23.51 ± 2.9

24.4 ± 1.8

23.4 ± 2.2

NS

PRFT/BMI

0.2 ± 0.09

0.32 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.04

< 0.0001

Current smoker (%)

36.3

35.2

33.3

NS

Systolic pressure

123 ± 6.8

126.9 ± 7.3

122.0 ± 6.7

NS

HIV exposure

    

Homosexual

42 (47.7%)

23 (46%)

19 (50%)

NS

Heterosexual

31 (35.2%)

17 (34%)

14 (36.8)

NS

IDU

15 (17%)

8 (16%)

7 (18.4%)

NS

HCV coinfection (%)

20.5

20

20.8

NS

CD4 (cells/μl)

534.3 ± 251.6

533.8 ± 271.2

535 ± 212

NS

HIVRNA load (mean log10 copies)

2.06 ± 1.2

2.1 ± 1.01

1.9 ± 1.4

NS

Duration of HAART (months)

75 ± 40.9

82.4 ± 35.9

70.4 ± 43.6

NS

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

184.5 ± 44.7

190.3 ± 54.9

180.9 ± 37

NS

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

51.5 ± 15

52.6 ± 16.2

50.8 ± 14.4

NS

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

156.1 ± 94.7

177.3 ± 97.8

142.7 ± 91.3

NS

Glycemia (mg/dl)

94.3 ± 11.8

92.8 ± 6.9

86.7 ± 9.2

NS

2 NRTI + 1 NNRTI

41 (46.5%)

23 (46%)

18 (47.3%)

NS

2 NRTI + 1 PI

47 (53.4%)

27 (54%)

20 (52.6%)

NS

  1. A, all HIV+ patients; B, HIV+ patients with visceral obesity; C, HIV+ patients without visceral obesity; BMI, body mass index; PRFT, perirenal fat thickness; IDU, intravenous drug users; HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; HDL, high density lipoprotein; NRTI, nucleoside reverse transcriptase; NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase; PI, protease inhibitor; NS, not significant. All data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. A p-value of < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.