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. 2013 Feb 21;13:159. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-159

Table 2.

Incidence of HIV infection and sexually transmitted infections by BMI

At enrolment
HIV incidence (6.7 per 100 person year, 95% CI: 6.1-7.4 per 100 person year)
  Crude incidence rate per 100 Person Year (95% CI) p-value Unadjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI) p-value AdjustedHazard R (95% CI) p-value
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
 
<0.001
 
 
 
 
Obese1
4.6 (3.8,5.6)
 
1
 
1
 
Overweight2
7.8 (6.7,9.0)
 
1.70 (1.33,2.17)
<0.001
1.36 (1.06,1.75)
0.015
Normal3
8.1 (7.0,9.4)
 
1.76 (1.38,2.25)
<0.001
1.19 (0.92,1.55)
0.185
 
 
STI‡‡incidence (15.6 per 100 person year, 95% CI:14.6-16.6 per 100 person year)
 
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
 
<0.001
 
 
 
 
Obese1
10.9 (9.6,12.3)
 
1
 
1
 
Overweight2
16.6 (15.0,18.4)
 
1.82 (1.55,2.14)
<0.001
1.46 (1.22,1.75)
<0.001
Normal3 19.8 (17.9,21.9)   1.55 (1.31,1.83) <0.001 1.40 (1.18,1.66) <0.001

P value for log rank test.

Age adjusted.

‡‡Chlamydia trachomatis and gonorrhoea.

1 30+ BMI, 2 (25-<30) BMI, 3 (18.6-<25) BMI.