Table 1.
Participant demographic and clinical characteristics by vitamin D status, n = 204.
| Vitamin D status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| >30 ng/ml | ≤30 ng/ml | P-value | |
| Total, n (%) | 22 (11) | 182 (89) | |
| Age, n (%) | |||
| 38 years or younger | 16 (15) | 89 (85) | 0.04 |
| Over 38 years | 6 (6) | 93 (94) | |
| Race/ethnicitya, n (%) | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 8 (38) | 13 (62) | <0.0001 |
| Hispanic | 7 (17) | 35 (83) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 4 (3) | 119 (97) | |
| Other | 3 (17) | 15 (83) | |
| Median BMI (kg/m3) (IQR) | 22.2 (21.2–22.9) | 25.3 (21.6–30.4) | 0.002 |
| Hepatitis C antibody status, n (%) | |||
| Negative | 17 (13) | 119 (87) | 0.26 |
| Positive | 5 (7) | 63 (93) | |
| CD4 nadir, n (%) | |||
| 50 cells/μl or more | 13 (10) | 123 (90) | 0.42 |
| Less than 50 cells/μl | 9 (13) | 59 (87) | |
| Antiretroviral naivea, n (%) | |||
| No | 19 (13) | 130 (87) | 0.20 |
| Yes | 3 (5) | 52 (95) | |
| Viral load last pre-HAARTa, n (%) | |||
| <100 000, cells/ul | 15 (11) | 116 (89) | 0.32 |
| 100 000+, cells/ul | 4 (6) | 58 (94) | |
| Undetectable viral load 24 months post-HAART visit, n (%) | |||
| No | 13 (11) | 108 (89) | 0.94 |
| Yes | 7 (11) | 56 (89) | |
Chi-square tests were utilized to examine the relationship between vitamin D status and categorical variables. The nonparametric Kruskal–Wallis test was used to examine the difference in median BMI by vitamin D status. Due to missing values, not all rows add up to n = 204.
a
Fisher’s exact test used where expected cell size was less than 5.