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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Mar 31;75(12):2101–2107. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209262

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the METAFIB-OA cohort

Total
(n=301)
HIV-1 +
MetS+ (n=152)
HIV-1 +
MetS− (n=149)
p Value

Demographic features

Male gender, n (%)  265 (88.0)  134 (88.2)  131 (87.9)  0.9

Age (years), mean (SD) 53.4 (5.0) 53.5 (4.9) 53.4 (5.1)  0.7

Postmenopausal status (n=37), n (%)   26 (70.3)   14 (77.8)   12 (63.2)  0.5

Predominant side, n (%)

 Right-handed  250 (83.1)  133 (87.5)  117 (78.5)

 Left-handed   32 (10.6)   13 (8.6)   19 (12.8)

 Mixed   19 (6.3)    6 (3.9)   13 (8.7)  0.1

Hand OA features

Hand trauma history, n (%)   62 (20.6)   26 (%)   36 (%)  0.2

Psoriasis, n (%)   13 (4.3)    4 (2.6)    9 (6.0)  0.2

Pain, n (%)   80 (26.6)   42 (27.6)   38 (25.5)  0.7

HIV features

Duration of HIV infection (years), mean (SD) 17.7 (7.3) 17.0 (7.1) 18.3 (7.5)  0.2

CDC-C stage, n (%)   81 (26.9)   43 (28.3)   38 (25.5)  0.8

CD4 level (/mm3), mean (SD)  623 (265)  625 (257)  621 (274)  0.9

CD4/CD8 ratio, mean (SD) 0.87 (0.37) 0.86 (0.4) 0.87 (0.3)  0.4

Undetectable usHIV viral load, n (%)  240 (79.7)   82 (53.9)   90 (60.8)  0.2

Duration of exposure to protease inhibitors (months), mean (SD) 47.7 (29.2) 26.9 (31.1) 27.4 (33.6)  0.8

Metabolic syndrome components

Waist circumference (cm), mean (SD) 92.2 (10.8) 98.2 (10.1) 86.3 (8.1) <0.0001

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 24.9 (5.8) 26.4 (4.8) 23.3 (6.3) <0.0001

Obesity (BMI≥30), n (%)   32 (10.6)   26 (17.1)    6 (4.0) <0.0001

Hypertension, n (%)   56 (18.6)   40 (26.3)   16 (10.7) <0.0001

Triglycerides (mmol/L), mean (SD) 1.95 (1.9) 2.47 (1.7) 1.42 (2.0) <0.0001

HDL-cho (mmol/L), mean (SD) 1.21 (0.4) 1.05 (0.3) 1.36 (0.4) <0.0001

LDL-cho (mmol/L), mean (SD)  2.9 (0.9)  3.1 (0.8)  2.8 (0.9)  0.0003

Glycaemia (mmol/L), mean (SD) 5.45 (1.08) 5.85 (1.3) 5.05 (0.64) <0.0001

HOMA-IR score, mean (SD) 2.42 (2.79) 3.51 (3.50) 1.31 (0.92) <0.0001

Type 2 diabetes, n (%)   65 (21.6)   57 (37.5)    8 (5.4) <0.0001

Data are number (%) or mean (SD) for the total population, and number (%) and median (IQR) for cases and controls.

Hypertension was defined as systolic pressure ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic pressure ≥90 mm Hg. Diabetes was defined as glycaemia >6 mmol/L.

BMI, body mass index; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; cho, cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR score, Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; METAFIB, Metabolic Syndrome and Fibrosis; MetS−, absence of metabolic syndrome; MetS, metabolic syndrome; MetS+, presence of metabolic syndrome; OA, osteoarthritis; usHIV: ultrasensitive HIV.