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. 2014 Jul 1;1(2):ofu040. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofu040

Table 2.

Bi- and Multivariable Linear Regression of BMI Changes During Year 0–1 and Years 1–4 of ART Among 1601 SHCS Participants Who Started a First ART Regimen After January 1, 1998

Covariables Year 0-1 of ART
Years 1–4 of ART
Coefficient Bivariable models (95% CI)a P Value Coefficient Multivariable Models (95% CI)b P Value Coefficient Bivariable Models (95% CI)c P Value Coefficient Multivariable Models (95% CI)b P Value
Baseline BMId −0.09 (−.11 to .07) <.001 −0.09 (−.11 to −.06) <.001 −0.02 (−.03 to −0.01) <.001 −0.01 (−.02 to −.00) .002
Delta BMI change, first year of ART −0.05 (−.07 to −.03) <.001 −0.06 (−.07 to −.04) <.001
HIV transmission group
 MSM 1 1 1 1
 Het male 0.46 (.24 to .68) <.001 0.20 (−.02 to .42) .07 0.06 (−.02 to 0.13) .14 0.02 (−.05 to .10) .53
 Het female 0.18 (−.06 to .41) .14 0.07 (−.18 to .32) .58 0.05 (−.03 to .13) .24 −0.03 (−.11 to .06) .52
Age per 10 yearse 0.25 (.16 to .34) <.001 0.15 (.06 to .24) .002 0.01 (−.02 to .04) .35 0.02 (−.01 to .05) .14
Ethnicity
 White 1 1 1 1
 Black 0.04 (−.25 to .33) .80 −0.05 (−.36 to .26) .74 0.26 (.16 to .35) <.001 0.28 (.16 to .37) <.001
 Asian −0.60 (−1.0 to −.18) .005 −0.79 (−1.2 to −.39) <.001 −0.01 (−.15 to .13) .87 0.01 (−.13 to .15) .88
 Other −0.44 (−.93 to .05) .08 −0.25 (−.71 to .21) .29 −0.01 (−.17 to .15) .90 −0.03 (−.19 to .13) .71
CD4 nadir
 0–99 cells/µL 1.73 (1.45 to 2.02) <.001 1.64 (1.4 to 1.9) <.001 0.40 (.14 to .66) .002 0.44 (.19 to .70) .001
 100–199 cells/µL 0.50 (.24 to .76) <.001 0.46 (.19 to .72) .001 −0.04 (−.16 to .07) .44 0.05 (−.07 to .17) .40
 200–349 cells/µL −0.00 (−.21 to .21) .99 −0.02 (−.23 to .19) .82 0.04 (−.03 to .11) .28 0.07 (−.00 to .14) .05
 ≥350 cells/µL 1 1 1 1
Smoking, ever −0.46 (−.65 to −.27) <.001 −0.29 (−.47 to −.11) .002 −0.04 (−.10 to .02) .20
Smoking cessation −0.11 (−.78 to .56) .75 0.15 (.03 to .26) .01 0.16 (.04 to .27) .006
HCV coinfection −0.73 (−1.5 to .06) .07 −0.26 (−.46 to −0.06) .01
Peginf 0.56 (−3.1 to 4.2) .76 −0.72 (−1.1 to −.37) <.001 –0.71 (−1.0 to −.37) <.001
Most frequent ART regimens
 TDF, xTC, EFV 1 1 1 1
 ABC, xTC, EFV 0.27 (−.20 to .75) .26 0.21 (−.23 to .64) .35 −0.01 (−.16 to .15) .95 −0.01 (−.16 to .14) .89
 ABC, xTC, LPV 0.51 (−0.05 to 1.1) .08 0.22 (−.30 to .74) .41 0.14 (−.07 to .35) .21 0.15 (−.06 to .36) .16
 ABC, xTC, ATV, RTV 0.15 (−0.50 to .80) .66 0.19 (−.41 to .79) .53 0.16 (−.04 to .36) .11 0.14 (−.05 to .33) .16
 AZT, xTC, EFV 0.04 (−.30 to .39) .81 −0.13 (−.45 to .20) .44 −0.16 (−.28 to −.04) .01 −0.17 (−.29 to −.05) .006
 AZT, xTC, LPV 0.54 (.19 to .89) .003 0.29 (−.04 to .62) .08 −0.16 (−.30 to −.02) .03 −0.12 (−.25 to .02) .09
 AZT, xTC, NFV 0.27 (−.27 to .80) .33 −0.09 (−.59 to .41) .73 −0.25 (−.46 to −.03) .02 −0.22 (−.43 to −.01) .04
 TDF, xTC, LPV 0.45 (.10 to .80) .01 0.30 (−.03 to .62) .08 0.08 (−.07 to .23) .30 0.06 (−.08 to .21) .38
 TDF, xTC, NVP −0.09 (−.60 to .42) .73 0.06 (−.42 to .54) .81 0.00 (−.14 to .14) .97 0.03 (−.10 to .16) .65
 TDF, xTC, ATV, RTV 0.04 (−.30 to .39) .80 0.12 (−.20 to .44) .45 0.01 (−.11 to .13) .89 0.06 (−.05 to .17) .30
 Otherf 0.27 (−.01 to .55) .06 0.14 (−.12 to .40) .29 −0.06 (−.14 to .03) .17 −0.04 (−.12 to .04) .36

Abbreviations: ABC, abacavir; ART, antiretroviral therapy; ATV, atazanavir; AZT, zidovudine; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; EFV, efavirenz; HCV, hepatitis C virus; Het, heterosexual; LPV, lopinavir; NFV, nelfinavir; NRTI, nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor; NVP, nevirapine; Other, patients with no backbone or no third drug for 50% of the time or patients with 3 class regimens; Peginf, pegylated interferon; RAL, raltegravir; RTV, ritonavir; SHCS, Swiss HIV Cohort Study; TDF, tenofovir; xTC, lamivudine or emtricitabine.

a All covariables of the bivariable model were adjusted for baseline BMI.

b Multivariable models were adjusted for all variables listed.

c All covariables of the bivariable model were adjusted for BMI after 1 year of ART.

d Baseline BMI at start of ART and BMI after 1 year of ART, respectively.

e Age at baseline (January 1, 1998 or at registration in the SHCS, whichever is the later) and after 1 year of ART.

f Contains all ART regimens with <50 person-years of exposure.