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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2017 Aug 24;31(13):1831–1838. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001558

Table 2.

Variables associated with the change in total and lean muscle area with 96 weeks of ART

Total Muscle Area Univariate Multivariate
Coef SE p-value Coef SE P-value
Change in Oblique/Transverse Abdominal Total Area
BMI (baseline) −0.11 0.06 0.04
Change in BMI 0.42 0.11 0.0001 0.38 0.12 0.001
CD4 >200 cells (baseline) −1.22 0.59 0.04
Change in Rectus Total Area
Change in BMI 0.28 0.04 <0.0001 0.25 0.04 <0.0001
CD4 >200 cells (baseline) −0.90 0.21 <0.0001 −0.40 0.20 0.05
Triglycerides (baseline)* 0.03 0.01 0.002 0.02 0.01 0.02
Change in Psoas Total Area
BMI (baseline) −0.07 0.03 0.009 −0.05 0.02 0.03
Change in BMI 0.41 0.05 <0.0001 0.39 0.05 <0.0001
CD4 >200 cells (baseline) −0.87 0.29 0.003
Triglycerides (baseline)* 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.05
Change in Spinalis Total Area
Change in BMI 0.26 0.09 0.003 0.22 0.09 0.02
CD4 >200 cells (baseline) −1.02 0.45 0.03
Smoking 0.82 0.42 0.05 0.90 0.41 0.03
Lean Muscle Area Univariate Multivariate
Coef SE p-value Coef SE P-value
Change in Oblique/Transverse Abdominal Lean Area
Change in Triglycerides −0.06 0.03 0.04
Change in Rectus Lean Area
Age −0.02 0.01 0.05 −0.02 0.01 0.009
Change in BMI 0.18 0.04 <0.0001 0.16 0.04 0.0003
CD4 >200 cells (baseline) −0.71 0.22 0.002
Triglycerides (baseline)* 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03
Change in Psoas Lean Area
Female −0.68 0.38 0.07
Race/Ethnicity (ref: white)
 Black 0.38 0.27 0.17
 Hispanic 0.61 0.30 0.04
 Other −0.34 0.54 0.52
BMI (baseline) −0.05 0.02 0.03
Change in BMI 0.35 0.04 <0.0001 0.30 0.05 <0.0001
CD4 >200 cells (baseline) −1.00 0.25 <0.0001
Triglycerides (baseline)* 0.04 0.01 0.001 0.03 0.01 0.003
Change in Spinalis Lean Area
Age −0.05 0.02 0.02 −0.04 0.02 0.03
BMI (baseline) −0.08 0.04 0.06
CD4 >200 cells (baseline) −1.10 0.46 0.02 −0.89 0.47 0.05
Triglycerides (baseline)* 0.03 0.02 0.10
Smoking 0.81 0.43 0.06

Univariate models included age, female, race/ethnicity, hepatitis C, BMI, change in BMI, CD4 (baseline) >200 cells/μL, change in CD4 count, protease inhibitor (vs integrase strand transfer inhibitor), triglycerides, change in triglycerides; only variables with p<0.10 were included in the multivariate analyses and shown above;

*

per change by 10 units

BMI, body mass index