Table 3.

Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry measurements in children with and without visually obvious lipoatrophy

	Children with lipoatrophy, N=15	Children without lipoatrophy, N=27	HIV-uninfected local population norms, N=34	p-value, adjusted for age and sex (two-tailed)*
Limb fat versus limb lean ratio: mean with 95% confidence interval (95% CI)	0.36 (0.25 – 0.46)	0.62 (0.54 – 0.70)	0.63 (0.56 – 0.70)	<0.001
Limb fat versus total body weight ratio: mean (95% CI)	9.9 (8.5 – 11.4)	13.7 (12.7 – 14.8)	14.7 (13.7 – 15.7)	<0.001
Limb fat versus body mass index ratio: mean (95% CI)	0.12 (0.10 – 0.13)	0.15 (0.14 – 0.17)	0.17 (0.16 – 0.19)	0.001
Total limb fat, kg, mean (95% CI)	1.7 (1.4 – 2.1)	2.3 (2.1 – 2.6)	2.7 (2.4 – 2.9)	0.01

* p-value compares HIV-infected children with and without lipoatrophy.