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Table 3 Summary of anthropometric characteristics for all participants in the HIV-positive and HIV-positive HAART treated groups, irrespective of gender

From: Distinct gender differences in anthropometric profiles of a peri-urban South African HIV population: a cross sectional study

Variable

HIV-positive

HIV-HAART

p-value

(n = 48)

(n = 98)

Age (years)

30.15 ± 0.86

34.38 ± 0.53

p < 0.05

Height (cm)

162.00 ± 1.10

171.62 ± 0.90

-

Weight (kg)

71.68 ± 2.25

60.00 ± 1.70

-

BMI (kg/m 2 )

27.38 ± 0.94

20.42 ± 0.70

-

Triceps skinfold (mm)

24.44 ± 2.08

7.03 ± 1.42

-

Mid-upper arm circumference (cm)

30.30 ± 0.80

25.90 ± 0.58

-

Waist circumference (cm)

87.41 ± 2.13

76.30 ± 1.60

-

Hip circumference (cm)

103.84 ± 1.97

87.10 ± 1.50

p < 0.05

Waist-to-height ratio

0.54 ± 0.01

0.45 ± 0.01

-

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.84 ± 0.01

0.88 ± 0.009

p < 0.05

  1. Values represent mean ± SEM. HIV-positive and HIV-HAART subjects were compared and Student t-tests were used and p < 0.05 considered as statistically significant.