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. 2013 Sep 4;9:509–516. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S42350

Table 2.

Cardiometabolic phenotype

Controls HIV P-value
MetS (%) 21 47 0.02
MetS score (0/5 to 5/5) 1.7 ± 1.0 2.3 ± 1.1 <0.01
Hyperglycemia 0.41 0.81 <0.01
Enlarged waist 0.43 0.20 <0.01
Elevated triglycerides 0.07 0.14 0.17
Low HDL-C 0.45 0.75 <0.01
High blood pressure 0.34 0.40 0.46
Normal fasting glucose (%) 72 27 <0.01
Impaired fasting glucose (%) 27 47 0.05
Diabetes (%) 1 26 <0.01

Note: Data are mean (SD) or proportions (%), or scores (0/5 to 5/5 for MetS score, and 0/5 to 1/5 for the five individual components of the MetS).

Abbreviations: HIV, untreated patients with human immunodeficiency virus; MetS, metabolic syndrome; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SD, standard deviation.