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Table 1 Characteristics of people living with HIV on ART, stratified by gender [N (%) or mean ± SD]

From: People living with HIV on ART have accurate perception of lipodystrophy signs: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall

(N = 815)

Men

(N = 628)

Women

(N = 612)

P value

Age (years)

40.0 ± 9.7

41.5 ± 9.7

38.4 ± 10.1

<0.001

Caucasian ethnicity

457 (56.1)

380 (60.5)

312 (51.0)

<0.001

Years of formal education

7.4 ± 4.1

8.0 ± 4.2

6.8 ± 3.8

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.6 ± 4.3

24.0 ± 3.5

25.3 ± 5.0

<0.001

Time since HIV diagnosis (years)

6.0 ± 4.2

6.3 ± 4.5

5.7 ± 3.9

0.03

CD4 (cells per μL)

   

0.3

 >350

451 (55.6)

221 (53.0)

230 (58.4)

 

 200–350

215 (26.5)

116 (27.8)

99 (25.1)

 

 <200

145 (17.9)

80 (19.2)

65 (16.5)

 

Viral load <50 copies/mL

488 (60.3)

261 (62.7)

227 (57.8)

0.15

Protease inhibitors use (PI)

468 (37.7)

212 (50.5)

256 (64.8)

<0.001

Thymidine analogue nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (tNRTI)

253 (31.0)

131 (31.2)

122 (30.9)

0.9

Duration of PI (≥5 years)

105 (12.9)

61 (14.5)

44 (11.1)

0.15

Duration of tNRTI (≥4.5 years)

255 (31.3)

145 (34.5)

110 (27.8)

0.04