Table 1.
Demographic and kidney-related characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | HIV-infected children (n = 60) |
Control (n = 60) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 5.5 (5.2) | 5.3 (5.2) | 0.990a |
| <5 years, n (%) | 28 (46.7) | 26 (43.3) | |
| Male gender, n% | 35 (58.3) | 35 (58.3) | 1.00b |
| Weight | |||
| Median (kg) | 15.3 (8) | 19.8 (11.9) | 0.026a |
| WAZ score | -1.30 | -0.15 | 0.000a |
| Length/height | |||
| Median (cm) | 107 (25) | 115 (36) | 0.181a |
| HAZ score | -1.00 | 0.05 | 0.000a |
| BMIZ score | -1.07 | -0.31 | 0.048a |
| Blood pressure, mean (mmHG) | 66.9 (10.9) | 64.9 (7.7) | 0.223c |
| Serum cystatin C | |||
| median (mg/l) | 0.77 (0.29) | 0.66 (0.20) | 0.025a |
| >1.0 mg/l, no. (%) | 10 (16.7) | 1 (1.7) | 0.004b |
| Estimated GFR | |||
| mean (ml/min/1.73 m2) | 96.8 (36.1) | 110.5 (27.8) | 0.021c |
| <60 ml/min/1.73 m2, no. (%) | 8 (13.3) | 0 (0) | 0.006b |
WAZ: weight for age z score; HAZ: height for age z score; BMIZ: Body mass index z score; aMann-Whitney U test; bPearson's Chi square test; c Student t test; IQR: interquartile range