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Table 1 Sample characteristics according to the presence of clinical lipodystrophy

From: Lipodystrophy defined by Fat Mass Ratio in HIV-infected patients is associated with a high prevalence of glucose disturbances and insulin resistance

 

Without CL

With CL

P

n (%)

139

206

 

Gender [n (%)]

   

Male

85 (61.2)

154 (74.8)

0.007

Female

54 (38.8)

52 (25.2)

 

Age [years, mean (sd)]

44.2 (12.1)

46.9 (10.7)

0.007

Duration of HIV infection [years, median (IQR)]

6.0 (5.0)

9.0 (5.0)

<0.001

cART [years, median (IQR)]

4.0 (5.0)

8.0 (5.0)

<0.001

Weight [Kg, mean (sd)]

73.7 (14.1)

66.2 (12.4)

<0.001

Height [m, mean (sd)]

1.65 (0.09)

1.66 (0.09)

0.368

BMI [(kg/m2), median (IQR)]

26.3 (5.9)

23.8 (5.1)

<0.001

Waist circumference [cm, median (IQR)]

94.0 (17.0)

89.0 (14.5)

<0.001

Hip circumference [cm, median (IQR)]

99.0 (11.0)

91.0 (9.0)

<0.001

Thigh circumference [cm, mean (sd)]

50.0 (5.5)

46.1 (6.1)

<0.001

Arm circumference [cm, mean (sd)]

28.1 (3.1)

26.6 (4.1)

<0.001

Neck circumference [cm, mean (sd)]

37.2 (3.7)

37.1 (4.0)

0.940

CD4 cell count [cells/mm3, median (IQR)]

446.5 (342.2)

544.0 (387.0)

0.008

HIV RNA (<50) [n (%)]

93 (81.6)

163 (91.1)

0.017

Smoking history [n (%)]

   

Never

61 (44.2)

70 (34.8)

0.219

Current

55 (39.9)

93 (46.3)

 

Former

22 (15.9)

38 (18.9)

 

HIV risk factor [n (%)]

   

Injecting drug user

28 (24.6)

52 (30.6)

0.247

Homosexual contact

10 (8.8)

19 (11.2)

 

Heterosexual contact

76 (65.8)

90 (52.9)

 

Others

1 (0.9)

9 (5.3)

 

Hepatitis C co-infection [n (%)]

31 (25.2)

58 (31.4)

0.300

CDC [n (%)]

   

A

62 (54.9)

94 (53.4)

0.037

B

4 (3.5)

0 (0)

 

C

47 (41.6)

82 (46.6)

 

ART [n (%)]

   

IP

67 (61.5)

98 (55.4)

0.310

NNRTI

47 (43.1)

83 (46.9)

0.534

NRTI

104 (95.4)

175 (98.9)

0.110

Hypoglycemic therapy [n (%)]

   

Oral anti-diabetic drugs

10.1 % (14)

14.6 % (30)

0.132

Insulin

4.3 % (6)

7.3 % (15)

0.261

Body fat mass by quantitative CT

   

Total fat [cm2, median (IQR)]

340.5 (196.6)

213.6 (175.2)

<0.001

Central fat [cm2, median (IQR)]

110.8 (111.4)

114.8 (120.5)

0.800

Peripheral fat [cm2, median (IQR)]

186.2 (172.0)

78.7 (104.9)

<0.001

Central/peripheral fat ratio [cm2, median (IQR)]

0.51 (0.55)

1.34 (2.15)

<0.001

FMR by DXA [median (IQR)]

1.06 (0.57)

1.79 (1.37)

<0.001

  1. (CL- clinical lipodystrophy; CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for staging of HIV infection -; cART- combined antiretroviral therapy; BMI- body mass index; FMR – fat mass ratio; DXA –dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry ; CT – computed tomography; PI – protease inhibitor; NNRTI –non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NRTI – nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor).