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. 2012 Aug 6;12:180. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-180

Table 1.

Sample characteristics according to the presence of clinical lipodystrophy

  Without CL With CL P
n (%)
139
206
 
Gender [n (%)]
 
 
 
Male
85 (61.2)
154 (74.8)
0.007
Female
54 (38.8)
52 (25.2)
 
Age [years, mean (sd)]
44.2 (12.1)
46.9 (10.7)
0.007
Duration of HIV infection [years, median (IQR)]
6.0 (5.0)
9.0 (5.0)
<0.001
cART [years, median (IQR)]
4.0 (5.0)
8.0 (5.0)
<0.001
Weight [Kg, mean (sd)]
73.7 (14.1)
66.2 (12.4)
<0.001
Height [m, mean (sd)]
1.65 (0.09)
1.66 (0.09)
0.368
BMI [(kg/m2), median (IQR)]
26.3 (5.9)
23.8 (5.1)
<0.001
Waist circumference [cm, median (IQR)]
94.0 (17.0)
89.0 (14.5)
<0.001
Hip circumference [cm, median (IQR)]
99.0 (11.0)
91.0 (9.0)
<0.001
Thigh circumference [cm, mean (sd)]
50.0 (5.5)
46.1 (6.1)
<0.001
Arm circumference [cm, mean (sd)]
28.1 (3.1)
26.6 (4.1)
<0.001
Neck circumference [cm, mean (sd)]
37.2 (3.7)
37.1 (4.0)
0.940
CD4 cell count [cells/mm3, median (IQR)]
446.5 (342.2)
544.0 (387.0)
0.008
HIV RNA (<50) [n (%)]
93 (81.6)
163 (91.1)
0.017
Smoking history [n (%)]
 
 
 
Never
61 (44.2)
70 (34.8)
0.219
Current
55 (39.9)
93 (46.3)
 
Former
22 (15.9)
38 (18.9)
 
HIV risk factor [n (%)]
 
 
 
Injecting drug user
28 (24.6)
52 (30.6)
0.247
Homosexual contact
10 (8.8)
19 (11.2)
 
Heterosexual contact
76 (65.8)
90 (52.9)
 
Others
1 (0.9)
9 (5.3)
 
Hepatitis C co-infection [n (%)]
31 (25.2)
58 (31.4)
0.300
CDC [n (%)]
 
 
 
A
62 (54.9)
94 (53.4)
0.037
B
4 (3.5)
0 (0)
 
C
47 (41.6)
82 (46.6)
 
ART [n (%)]
 
 
 
IP
67 (61.5)
98 (55.4)
0.310
NNRTI
47 (43.1)
83 (46.9)
0.534
NRTI
104 (95.4)
175 (98.9)
0.110
Hypoglycemic therapy [n (%)]
 
 
 
Oral anti-diabetic drugs
10.1 % (14)
14.6 % (30)
0.132
Insulin
4.3 % (6)
7.3 % (15)
0.261
Body fat mass by quantitative CT
 
 
 
Total fat [cm2, median (IQR)]
340.5 (196.6)
213.6 (175.2)
<0.001
Central fat [cm2, median (IQR)]
110.8 (111.4)
114.8 (120.5)
0.800
Peripheral fat [cm2, median (IQR)]
186.2 (172.0)
78.7 (104.9)
<0.001
Central/peripheral fat ratio [cm2, median (IQR)]
0.51 (0.55)
1.34 (2.15)
<0.001
FMR by DXA [median (IQR)] 1.06 (0.57) 1.79 (1.37) <0.001

(CL- clinical lipodystrophy; CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for staging of HIV infection -; cART- combined antiretroviral therapy; BMI- body mass index; FMR – fat mass ratio; DXA –dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry ; CT – computed tomography; PI – protease inhibitor; NNRTI –non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NRTI – nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor).