Table 2.

The study groups baseline characteristics

Parameters	HIV infected Patients	Healthy group	P-value
Number of subjects	100	100	-
Age (year) (mean ± SD)	35.4 ± 7.8	32.4 ± 7.8	0.21
Weight (Kg) (mean ± SD)	51.0 ± 8.4	72.2 ± 12.9	0.04
Height (Cm) (mean ± SD)	169.9 ± 10.1	171.0 ± 9.1	0.43
BMI1 (kg/m2) (mean ± SD)	17.3 ± 2.3	24.2 ± 3.0	0.03
IBW2 (kg) (mean ± SD)	68.3 ± 7.2	71.0 ± 10.2	0.54
Serum Albumin (g/dL) (mean ± SD)	2.6 ± 1.4	3.6 ± 1.7	0.03
CD4 (Cell/mm3) (mean ± SD)	253 ± 50	1120 ± 210	0.01

1-Body Mass Index.

2-Ideal Body Weight