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Table 2 Prevalence of T2DM and associated factors

From: Type 2 diabetes mellitus prevalence and risk scores in treated PLWHIV: a cross-sectional preliminary study

Variables

N = 234

Non-diabetic n = 226 (96.9%)

T2DM n = 8 (3.4%)

p value

Age, median years (IQR)

44 (36, 52)

43 (37, 53)

55 (49, 59)

0.016

Age category (years)

 18–35

57 (24.4)

57 (25.2)

0 (0.0)

0.018

 36–45

73 (32.3)

73 (32.3)

0 (0.0)

 

 46–55

66 (28.2)

60 (26.5)

6 (9.1)

 

 56–65

33 (14.1)

31 (13.7)

2 (6.1)

 

 66–90

5 (2.1)

5 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

 

Gender, n (%)

 Female

155 (66.2)

149 (96.1)

6 (3.9)

0.720

 Male

79 (33.8)

77 (97.5)

2 (2.5)

 

BMI, median (IQR) kg/m2

22.4 (19.7, 27.1)

22.4 (19.8, 26.4)

27.3 (22.8, 32.2)

0.040

Waist circumference (cm)

80 (72, 90)

79 (71, 90)

90 (84, 103)

0.081

Duration on ART, median months (IQR), n = 233

96 (48, 132)

102 (72, 132)

132 (54, 168)

0.671

ART regimen, n = 206

 TDF/3TC/EFV

148 (71.8)

142 (95.9)

6 (4.1)

0.877

 TDF/3TC/NVP

19 (9.2)

19 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 TDF/3TC/LPV/r

15 (7.3)

15 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 ABC/3TC/NVP

1 (0.5)

1 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 ABC/3TC/EFV

5 (2.4)

5 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 AZT/3TC/LPV/r

7 (3.4)

7 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 AZT/3TC/NVP

11 (5.3)

11 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

CD4+ absolute count median (IQR) cells/µl, n = 148

473 (360, 644)

460 (378, 653)

631 (378, 681)

0.356

HIV RNA viral load (copies/ml), n = 192

33 (20, 308)

20.5 (20, 379)

20 (20, 605)

0.489

Hypertension

 No

197 (84.2)

191 (97.0)

6 (3.0)

0.616

 Yes

37 (15.8)

35 (94.6)

2 (5.4)

 

Minutes of weekly vigorous activity

0 (0, 90)

0 (0, 120)

0 (0, 60)

0.521

Minutes of weekly moderate activity

60 (9, 123)

40 (0, 180)

60 (37, 150)

0.573

Minutes of weekly walking activity

60 (30, 120)

60 (20, 120)

12 (5, 75)

0.056

Days of weekly vegetable intake

7 (7, 7)

7 (6, 7)

 

0.147

Days of weekly fruit intake

1 (0, 3)

1 (0, 3)

0 (1, 3)

0.098

Minutes spend sited every weekend

300 (120, 480)

300 (150, 397)

360 (240, 750)

0.402

Minutes spend sited every weekday

180 (120, 360)

210 (120, 360)

300 (150, 450)

0.803

Fasting blood sugar

5.2 (4.7, 5.8)

5.0 (4.6, 5.5)

7.2 (4.4, 9.9)

0.001

Risk scores

5 (2, 9)

5 (2, 8)

16 (14, 19)

< 0.001

  1. n number of participants, % percentage, BMI body mass index, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, IQR interquartile range, TDF tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, 3TC lamivudine, EFV efavirenz, NVP nevirapine, LPV/r lopinavir/ritonavir, ABC abacavir, AZT azidothymidine, also called zidovudine
  2. p values less than 0.05 are shown in italic