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Table 6 Prevalence (%) of risk factors by HIV status

From: Cardiometabolic risk in a population of older adults with multiple co-morbidities in rural south africa: the HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: longitudinal studies of INDEPTH communities) study

 

Male

Female

 

HIV−

(n = 1186)

HIV+

(n = 524)

p-value

HIV−

(n = 2093)

HIV+

(n = 610)

p-value

Hypertensiona

59.2

38.7

<0.001*

67.2

43.8

<0.001*

Diabetesb

10.9

7.3

0.014*

13.1

7.9

<0.001*

Dyslipidemiac

45.4

42.7

0.303

42.8

42.2

0.810

BMI (kg/m2)[45]

 

Underweight (<18.5)

9.1

13.3

0.007*

3.5

4.5

0.241

Normal (18.5–24.9)

44.3

51.5

0.005*

23.5

35.2

<0.001*

Overweight (25.0–29.9)

29.3

22.7

0.004*

28.7

26.2

0.225

Obese Grade I (30.0–34.9)

12.9

8.6

0.010*

23.9

18.6

0.007*

Obese Grade II (35.0–39.9)

3.3

1.6

0.070

11.7

10.2

0.321

Extreme/Morbid (>40)

1.3

2.3

0.142

8.6

5.2

0.007

  1. Note: HIV status is defined as self-report or positive on assay analysis.
  2. aHypertension defined as SBP > 140 mmHg or DBP > 90 mmHg or Reports currents use of anti-hypertensive medication;
  3. bDiabetes defined as Self-Report or Fasting Blood Glucose >7.0 mmol/L or Random Blood Glucose > 11.1 mmol/L;
  4. cDyslipidemia defined as elevated total cholesterol (>6.21 mmol/L) or high LDL (>4.1 mmol/L) or Low HDL (<1.19 mmol/L) or Hypertriglyceridemia (>2.25 mmol/L);
  5. * Statistically significant at α = 0.05
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