TABLE 2.
Body composition of HIV+ and HIV− Ugandan women at 1 wk postpartum by HIV status (n = 246)1
| HIV+ | HIV− | P2 | |
| Weight, kg | 60.4 ± 7.9 [90] | 61.1 ± 9.0 [156] | 0.52 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 22.7 ± 2.9 [90] | 23.0 ± 2.8 [156] | 0.43 |
| MUAC, cm | 26.9 ± 2.6 [89] | 27.1 ± 2.7 [155] | 0.46 |
| TSF, mm | 13.7 ± 5.7 [62] | 13.4 ± 5.2 [99] | 0.74 |
| SSF, mm | 13.7 ± 4.8 [61] | 14.8 ± 5.6 [99] | 0.21 |
| ICSF, mm | 12.3 ± 5.6 [60] | 13.6 ± 6.0 [99] | 0.19 |
| MTSF, mm | 26.3 ± 11.1 [61] | 27.0 ± 11.1 [98] | 0.70 |
| Sum-SFs, mm | 66.2 ± 23.8 [60] | 68.6 ± 23.9 [98] | 0.54 |
| AMA, cm3 | 40.6 ± 5.7 [61] | 42.9 ± 6.9 [98] | 0.03 |
| AFA, cm3 | 17.1 ± 8.0 [61] | 17.3 ± 7.8 [98] | 0.89 |
| Fat mass, kg | 15.7 ± 4.3 [62] | 16.0 ± 4.7 [96] | 0.61 |
| Fat-free mass, kg | 45.4 ± 5.9 [62] | 46.0 ± 5.7 [96] | 0.56 |
1
All values are means ± SDs [n]. AFA, arm fat area; AMA, arm muscle area; HIV−, HIV negative; HIV+, HIV positive; ICSF, iliac crest skinfold thickness; MTSF, midthigh skinfold thickness; MUAC, midupper arm circumference; SSF, subscapular skinfold thickness; Sum-SF, sum of skinfold thickness; TSF, triceps skinfold thickness.
2
Comparisons between HIV+ and HIV− women were conducted with the use of parametric tests for continuous, normally distributed variables and with the use of nonparametric tests for variables that were not normally distributed.