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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Aug 15;75(5):500–508. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001444

Table 1.

Characteristics of the cohort overall and by four obesity/HIV status categories: non-obese HIV-uninfected (uninfected); non-obese, living with HIV (HIV+); obese/uninfected; and obese/HIV+. Data are presented as n and then percent of column in parentheses unless otherwise indicated.

Non-obese Obese Total
Uninfected HIV+ Uninfected HIV+

N (% of row) 438 (19) 1232 (54) 385 (17) 245 (11) 2300

Median age (mean, SD) years 53 (54, 9) 52 (52, 8) 53 (54, 10) 51 (51, 8) 53 (53, 9)

Men 399 (91) 1202 (98) 345 (90) 236 (96) 2182 (95)

Race-Ethnicity
 White 85 (19) 244 (20) 88 (23) 37 (15) 454 (20)
 African American 309 (71) 836 (68) 241 (63) 179 (73) 1565 (68)
 Hispanic 32 (7) 104 (8) 34 (9) 19 (8) 189 (8)
 Other 12 (3) 48 (4) 22 (6) 10 (4) 92 (4)

LDL ≥160 mg/dL 28 (6) 60 (5) 29 (8) 13 (5) 130 (6)

HDL <40 mg/dL 111 (25) 511 (41) 165 (43) 128 (52) 915 (40)

Triglycerides ≥200 mg/dL 47 (11) 327 (27) 88 (23) 78 (32) 540 (23)

Total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dL 113 (26) 319 (26) 100 (26) 80 (33) 612 (27)

Statin 156 (36) 356 (29) 202 (52) 99 (40) 813 (35)

FIB-4 Index >3.25 21 (5) 109 (9) 11 (3) 16 (7) 157 (7)

eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 30 (7) 91 (7) 47 (12) 21 (8) 188 (8)

Hemoglobin <12 g/dL 32 (7) 149 (12) 26 (7) 22 (9) 229 (10)

Alcohol use
 Not current 149 (34) 417 (34) 158 (41) 97 (40) 821 (36)
 Low risk 65 (15) 278 (23) 78 (20) 61 (25) 482 (21)
 At risk/heavy or binge 52 (12) 186 (15) 64 (17) 40 (16) 342 (15)
 Abuse/dependence 172 (39) 346 (28) 85 (22) 47 (19) 650 (28)

Smoking
 Non-smoker 89 (20) 278 (23) 104 (27) 82 (33) 553 (24)
 Current smoker 239 (55) 645 (52) 148 (38) 83 (34) 1115 (48)
 Past smoker 109 (25) 308 (25) 132 (34) 80 (33) 629 (27)

Cocaine 194 (44) 453 (37) 115 (30) 81 (33) 843 (37)

Hepatitis C 154 (35) 590 (48) 101 (26) 98 (40) 943 (41)

HTN 341 (78) 864 (70) 343 (89) 202 (82) 1750 (76)

CVD 99 (23) 218 (18) 129 (34) 49 (20) 495 (22)

Diabetes 95 (22) 207 (17) 152 (39) 93 (38) 547 (24)

Non AIDS-Defining Cancer 28 (6) 58 (5) 28 (7) 12 (5) 12 (5)

AIDS-Defining Cancer 2 (0.5) 19 (2) 0 (0) 5 (2) 26 (1)

HIV-1 RNA (HIV+ only)
 VL≥500 copies/mL 0 413 (34) 0 83 (34) 496 (22)

CD4+ Cell Count (HIV+ only)
 CD4<500 cells/mm3 0 816 (66) 0 139 (57) 955 (42)

Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation; LDL: low density lipoprotein; HDL: high density lipoprotein; statin: HMG-Co-A reductase inhibitor; FIB-4: Fibrosis-4 Index; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; HTN: blood pressure>=140/90 or receiving antihypertensive medications; CVD: cardiovascular disease.

All variables had complete data except the following: LDL-cholesterol was available for 2232 participants; HDL for 2240; triglycerides for 2266; total cholesterol for 2279; FIB-4 for 2267; albumin for 2290; eGFR for 2297; alcohol use for 2212; smoking for 2297; HIV-1 RNA for 1476; and CD4 count for 1476 participants.