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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Feb 28;25(4):682–688. doi: 10.1002/oby.21793

Table 1.

Body composition and cardiometabolic variables before and after weight loss.

HIV− before HIV− after Percent
difference
HIV+
before
HIV+ after Percent
difference

Body weight (kg) 113±17 105±6 −7.3±0.1* 108±5 100±4 −7.7±0.1*
BMI (kg/m2) 39.9±2.2 36.9±1.9 −7.1±1.0* 39.1±1.6 36.3±1.5 −7.2±0.8*
Fat-free mass (kg) 55.7±3.0B 54.8±2.9A, B −1.7±1.0B 51.1±2.0B 48.9±1.9A, B −4.4±0.7B
Appendicular fat-free mass
(kg)
25.5±.9 25.4±1.1* −0.6±2.4 25.2±1.3 23.7±1.1*, B −5.8±0.7B
Fat mass (% body weight) 45.9±2.4 44.0±2.3 −4.4±1.6* 49.7±1.6 48.0±1.4 −3.2±0.8*
Total abdominal adipose
tissue (cm3)
5052±574 4815±618 −6.4±4.9* 5227±428 4757±461* −7.4±3.1*
Visceral adipose tissue
(cm3)
1139±187 1034±183 −12±4* 1164±140 997±137* −14±4*
VAT:TAT ratio 0.22±0.03 0.22±0.03 −5.1±4.7* 0.24±0.03 0.22±0.03* −7.1±3.0*
IHTG content (%) 7.5±2.4 5.4±1.5 −16.8±43.8* 4.6±1.7 2.2±1.0* −26.3±18.6*
Systolic BP (mmHg) 126±5 117±6 −7±4* 122±3 118±4 −4±2*
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 76±5 69±5 −9±3* 72±3 69±3 −4±3*
Glucose (mg/dl) 91.5±3.0 87.6±2.5 −4.0±3.3 94.1±2.0 91.7±1.6 −2.2±2.0
Insulin (µU/L) 18.3±3.3 8.8±2.6 A, B −54.0±7.3B 16.6±2.5 14.2±1.9B −11.1±10.5B
C-peptide (ng/ml) 3.2±0.5 2.2±0.4A, B −28.2±9.4 2.8±0.3 2.7±0.2B −3.9±6.6B
Leptin (µg/L) 39.0±6.6 36.2±6.3 −8.6±11.8* 53.1±4.5 39.8±4.3 −20.4±6.4*
Hemoglobin A1C (%) 5.8±0.2 5.3±0.2 −7.9±2.9 5.7±0.1 5.6±0.1 −3.2±2.0
FFA (µmol/ml) 550±66 527±85 −3.1±7.9 661±45 662±58 −1.1±8.4
LDL-C (mg/dl) 111±14 100±7 −9±5 103±10 101±12 −1±4
HDL-C (mg/dl) 43±3 39±3A −9±3* 42±2 39±2 A −7±3*
Triglyceride (mg/dl) 128±28 92±28 −17±15 112±18 119±22 12±12

Values are means±SE.

VAT:TAT, visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area as percent total abdominal adipose tissue (TAT) area; IHTG, intrahepatic triglyceride content; FFA, free-fatty acid; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

*

P<0.05 for main effect of time.

A

Value is different from corresponding value at baseline, P<0.05.

B

Value is different from corresponding value in other group, P<.0.05.