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Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 May 1;48(1):44–52. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31816d9ba1

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of HIV-infected and Control Men

		Age-Restricted (33-45 years)^*			All

		Control	HIV	P-value	HIV
n		145	390		737
Age (y)	Median (IQR)	40.0 (38.0-43.0)	40.0 (37.0-43.0)	0.64	43.0 (38.0-49.0)
Race	Caucasian	55%	57%	0.053^**	56%
	African-American	45%	31%		32%
	Hispanic	0	11%		9%
	Other	0	1.5%		2%
Physical Activity^***	1^st Quartile	26%	43%	0.001	49%
	2^nd Quartile	26%	17%		20%
	3^rd Quartile	25%	22%		17%
	4^th Quartile	23%	17%		15%
Inadequate Food		12%	22%	0.010	20%
Current Smoker		21%	45%	<.0001	41%
Alcohol	None	15%	24%	0.013	25%
	<1/week	24%	30%		28%
	1-7/week	37%	31%		31%
	>7/week	24%	15%		17%
BMI (kg/m²)	Median (IQR)	26.9 (24.6-29.8)	24.3 (22.3-26.6)	<.0001	24.3 (22.1-26.6)
VAT (L)	Median (IQR)	2.0 (1.1-3.0)	1.6 (0.68-2.7)	0.006	1.7 (0.75-3.0)
Leg SAT (L)	Median (IQR)	4.5 (3.7-5.7)	2.9 (2.0-4.2)	<.0001	2.8 (2.0-4.0)
Lower Trunk SAT (L)	Median (IQR)	5.6 (4.1-7.4)	3.4 (2.0-5.3)	<.0001	3.3 (2.1-5.1)
Upper Trunk SAT (L)	Median (IQR)	3.0 (2.3-4.16)	2.5 (1.7-3.5)	<.0001	2.5 (1.7-3.6)
Arm SAT (L)	Median (IQR)	1.1 (0.89-1.4)	0.97 (0.78-1.4)	0.018	0.97 (0.79-1.3)
Total Adipose Tissue (L)	Median (IQR)	17.0 (12.9-21.5)	11.9 (8.7-17.3)	<.0001	11.9 (8.8-17.1)

P-value from Mann-Whitney test or Fisher’s Exact Test. Excluding all participants with recent opportunistic infections

^*

HIV-infected participants are those restricted to the age range of controls.

^**

: Race comparison is proportion of Caucasians vs. African-Americans

^***

: First quartile of physical activity is least active, and fourth quartile is most active.

Note: Adipose tissue measures are height-normalized and back-transformed

Abbreviations: IQR = interquartile range; IDU = illicit drug use; MSM = men having sex with men.