Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study patients

N	9
Age (years)	52.3 ± 8.7
HIV infection duration (years)	16.3
LogHIV RNA (copies/ml)	1.90 ± 1.65
CD4+ cell counts (cells/μl)	732 ± 354
Body weight (kg)	81.9 ± 9.6
BMI (kg/m2)	25.0 ± 2.4
Body fat (%)	19.9 ± 6.6
Fat mass (kg)	16.8 ± 7.2
Lean body mass (kg)	62.5 ± 38.1
Truncal fat mass (kg)	10.4 ± 4.8
Truncal fat mass (%)	60.7 ± 11.13
Limb fat mass (kg)	5.5 ± 2.85
Limb fat mass (%)	33.4 ± 10.11
Trunk:limb ratio	2.00 ± 1.08
Fasting glucose (mmol/l)	5.5 ± 0.69
Fasting insulin (pmol/l)	86 ± 54
Fasting triacylglycerol (mmo/l)	3.07 ± 2.22
Fasting total cholesterol (mmol/l)	6.1 ± 1.4
Fasting HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.4 ± 1.05
Fasting LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	3.73 ± 2.22
Fasting NEFAs (μmol/l)	412 ± 183.9
Fasting TNF-α (pg/ml)	1.08 (0.95–3.22)
Fasting IL-18 (pg/ml)	304 (237–382)
Fasting IL-6 (pg/ml)	2.01 (1.68–3.22)
Fasting adiponectin (μg/ml)	1.98 (1.37–3.03)

Data are mean ± SD; for cytokines the data are median and 25% and 75% quartiles