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Table 2 Baseline and current body mass index and blood pressure for males and females separately

From: The prevalence of selected non-communicable disease risk factors among HIV patients on anti-retroviral therapy in Bushbuckridge sub-district, Mpumalanga province

 

Males (n = 92)

P-value

Females (n = 240)

P-value

Initial

Current

 

Initial

Current

BMI

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

0.006

 Underweight

11 (12.0)

10 (7.5)

 

31 (12.9)

18 (7.5)

 Normal

66 (71.7)

60 (65)

0.590

126 (52.5)

108 (45.0)

 Overweight

12 (13.0)

19 (20.7)

 

48 (20.0)

52 (21.7)

 Obesity

3 (3.3)

3 (3.3)

 

35 (14.6)

62 (25.8)

Blood pressure

n (%)

n (%)

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

P-value

 Hypotension

2 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

 

9 (3.8)

4 (1.67)

0.038

 Normal

66 (71.7)

54 (58.7)

0.026

170 (70.8)

159 (66.2)

 Pre-hypertension

18 (19.6)

23 (25)

 

41 (17.1)

54 (22.5)

 Stage 1 hypertension

6 (6.5)

8 (8.7)

 

12 (5.0)

21 (8.7)

 Stage 2 hypertension

0 (0.0)

7 (7.6)

 

8 (3.3)

2 (0.83)