Table 1. Baseline clinical features.
| Catecory | Subcategory | HIV-negative N = 84 | HIV-positive N = 50 | HIV unknown N = 13 | Total N = 147 | P for comparison HIV-positive vs HIV-negative |
| Age years (mean SD) | 61.9 (14.0) | 39.8 (12.4) | 63.6 (10.5) | 54.2 (16.9) | <0.0001 | |
| Female (%) | 40 (46.5) | 26 (52.0) | 5 (38.5) | 71 (47.7) | 0.54 | |
| Hypertensive (n, %) | 61 (75.3) | 12 (24.0) | 10 (77.0) | 84 (55.0) | <0.0001 | |
| Diabetic (n, %) | 21 (25.0) | 3 (6.0) | 6 (46.2) | 29 (19.7) | 0.004 | |
| Smoker (n, %) | 16 (19.3) | 7 (14.0) | 3 (23.1) | 26 (17.7) | 0.47 | |
| Cholesterol >190 mg/dl (n, %) | 15 (17.9) | 7 (14.0) | 0 | 22 (15.0) | 0.54 | |
| Haemoglobin g/dL (mean SD) | 13.6 (2.5) | 11.8 (5.8) | 14.0 (2.8) | 12.9 (2.6) | 0.0003 | |
| MUAC cm (n,%) | (mean SD) | 27.3 (4.2) | 26.4 (3.8) | 29.8 (5.2) | 27.2 (4.2) | 0.2 |
| (n, %) | ≥33 | 6 (7.1) | 4 (8.0) | 3 (23.1) | 13 (8.8) | |
| 24–32 | 62 (73.8) | 37 (74.0) | 7 (53.8) | 106 (72.1) | ||
| ≤23 | 11 (13.1) | 9 (18.0) | 0 | 20 (13.6) | ||
| not available | 5 (6.0) | 0 | 3 (23.1) | 8 (5.4) | ||
| Brain scan | IS * | 47 (55.6) | 40 (80.0) | 5 (38.5) | 92 (62.6) | 0.004 |
| ICH | 25 (29.8) | 5 (10.0) | 2 (15.4) | 32 (21.8) | ||
| not scanned | 12 (14.3) | 5 (10.0) | 6 (46.2) | 23 (15.6) | ||
| Clinical subtypes | TAC | 11 (13.1) | 1 (2.0) | 7 (53.8) | 19 (12.9) | |
| PAC | 59 (70.2) | 35 (70.0) | 5 (38.5) | 99 (67.3) | ||
| LAC | 8 (9.5) | 11 (22.0) | 1 (7.7) | 20 (13.6) | ||
| POC | 6 (7.1) | 3 (6.0) | 0 | 9 (6.1) | ||
| Pre-stroke functional status | mRS 0–2 | 83 (98.8) | 47 (94.0) | 13 (100.0) | 143 (97.3) | 0.46 |
| mRS 3 | 1 (1.2) | 1 (2.0) | 0 | 2 (1.4) | ||
| mRS 4–5 | 0 | 2 (4.0) | 0 | 2 (1.4) | ||
| Stroke severity: n(%) | mNIHSS 0–6 | 14 (16.6) | 12 (24.0) | 4 (30.8) | 30 (20.4) | 0.092 |
| mNIHSS 7–12 | 17 (20.2) | 16 (32.0) | 1 (7.7) | 34 (23.1) | ||
| mNIHSS 13–20 | 24 (28.6) | 11 (22.0) | 1 (7.7) | 36 (24.5) | ||
| mNIHSS≥21 | 29 (34.5) | 11 (22.0) | 7 (53.8) | 47 (32.0) |
*
Includes 4 subjects with normal scans.
IS = ischemic stroke, ICH = Intracerebral hemorrhage, MUAC = Mid Upper Arm Circumference, TAC = total anterior circulation stroke, PAC = partial anterior circulation stroke, LAC = lacunar stroke, POC = posterior circulation stroke.