Table 1.
Demographics by obesity status in HIV+ patients (n = 1,459) treated at the Immunology Center at the Miriam Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island)
| Variable | All patients* | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| All patients | 1,459 (100.0) | 486 (33.3) | 553 (37.9) | 420 (28.8) | — |
| Gender | <0.0001 | ||||
| Male | 1,029 (70.5) | 365 (75.1) | 426 (77.0) | 238 (56.7) | |
| Female | 424 (29.1) | 118 (24.3) | 126 (22.8) | 180 (42.9) | |
| Transgender | 6 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | |
| Age | 0.0146 | ||||
| <30 years | 113 (7.8) | 49 (10.1) | 36 (6.5) | 28 (6.7) | |
| 31–40 years | 247 (16.9) | 80 (16.5) | 108 (19.5) | 59 (14.1) | |
| 41–50 years | 474 (32.5) | 145 (29.8) | 175 (31.7) | 154 (36.7) | |
| 51–60 years | 480 (32.9) | 158 (32.5) | 187 (33.8) | 135 (32.1) | |
| 61–70 years | 122 (8.4) | 40 (8.2) | 42 (7.6) | 40 (9.5) | |
| >70 years | 23 (1.6) | 14 (2.9) | 5 (0.9) | 4 (1.0) | |
| HIV transmission group (men, only) | 0.1580 | ||||
| MSM | 626 (60.1) | 231 (63.3) | 255 (59.9) | 132 (55.5) | |
| Non‐MSM | 411 (39.9) | 134 (36.7) | 171 (40.1) | 106 (44.5) | |
| Race | 0.2460 | ||||
| Caucasian | 852 (58.4) | 287 (59.1) | 331 (59.9) | 234 (55.7) | |
| African American | 453 (31.1) | 145 (29.8) | 160 (28.9) | 148 (35.2) | |
| All others | 154 (10.6) | 54 (11.1) | 62 (11.2) | 38 (9.1) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.5346 | ||||
| Hispanic | 359 (24.6) | 115 (23.7) | 145 (26.2) | 99 (23.6) | |
| Non‐Hispanic | 1,100 (75.4) | 371 (76.3) | 408 (73.8) | 321 (76.4) | |
| Smoking status | 0.0003 | ||||
| Smoker | 596 (40.9) | 233 (47.9) | 198 (35.8) | 165 (39.3) | |
| Non‐smoker | 863 (59.2) | 253 (52.1) | 355 (64.2) | 255 (60.7) | |
| CD4 cell count (cells μL−1) | 0.0233 | ||||
| <200 | 102 (7.0) | 47 (9.7) | 34 (6.2) | 21 (5.0) | |
| 201–500 | 457 (31.4) | 161 (33.2) | 163 (29.6) | 133 (31.7) | |
| >500 | 895 (61.6) | 277 (57.1) | 353 (64.2) | 265 (63.3) | |
| HIV RNA load (copies mL−1) | 0.9179 | ||||
| ≤75 | 1,241 (85.2) | 414 (85.2) | 472 (85.5) | 355 (84.7) | |
| 76–1,000 | 108 (7.4) | 35 (7.2) | 38 (6.9) | 35 (8.4) | |
| >1,000 | 108 (7.4) | 37 (7.6) | 42 (7.6) | 29 (6.9) |
*
All patients’ excludes underweight patients (BMI <18.5, n = 30). Normal weight = BMI 18.5–24.9; overweight = BMI 25–29.9; obese = BMI ≥30.
BMI, body mass index; MSM, men who have sex with men.