Table 1.
Baseline patient’s characteristics according to subgroup. Data are expressed as frequency and percentage or as median (IQR)
| Variables | Overall | Equal | Improved | Worse | p-value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.035 | ||||
| Female | 65 (19.9) | 40 (17.5) | 12 (19.4) | 13 (36.1) | |
| Male | 261 (80.1) | 188 (82.5) | 50 (80.6) | 23 (63.9) | |
| Race | 0.522 | ||||
| caucasian | 300 (92.0) | 211 (92.5) | 55 (88.7) | 34 (94.4) | |
| non caucasian | 26 (8.0) | 17 (7.5) | 7 (11.3) | 2 (5.6) | |
| Risk factor | 0.213 | ||||
| homosexuals | 120 (36.8) | 90 (40.0) | 22 (35.5) | 8 (22.2) | |
| IV Drug user | 49 (15.0) | 32 (14.2) | 12 (19.3) | 5 (13.9) | |
| heterosexuals | 154 (47.2) | 103 (45.8) | 28 (45.2) | 23 (63.9) | |
| HCV | 0.488 | ||||
| no | 360 (79.7) | 182 (79.8) | 47 (75.8) | 31 (86.1) | |
| yes | 66 (20.3) | 46 (20.2) | 15 (24.2) | 5 (13.9) | |
| Diabetes | 0.242 | ||||
| no | 296 (90.8) | 203 (89.0) | 59 (95.2) | 34 (94.4) | |
| yes | 30 (9.2) | 25 (11.0) | 3 (4.8) | 2 (5.6) | |
| Hypertension | 0.028 | ||||
| no | 237 (72.7) | 156 (68.4) | 52 (83.9) | 29 (80.6) | |
| yes | 89 (27.3) | 72 (31.6) | 10 (16.1) | 7 (19.4) | |
| ART | 0.415 | ||||
| no | 25 (7.7) | 20 (8.8) | 4 (6.3) | 1 (2.8) | |
| yes | 301 (92.3) | 207 (92.2) | 59 (93.7) | 35 (97.2) | |
| TDF based ART | 0.040 | ||||
| no | 123 (45.4) | 94 (45.4) | 19 (32.2) | 10 (28.6) | |
| yes | 178 (54.6) | 113 (54.6) | 40 (67.8) | 25 (71.4) | |
| Type of ART | 0.926 | ||||
| NNRTI | 146 (47.0) | 101 (47.4) | 29 (48.3) | 16 (43.2) | |
| IP | 120 (38.8) | 81 (38.0) | 24 (40.0) | 15 (40.5) | |
| INI | 44 (14.2) | 31 (14.6) | 7 (11.7) | 6 (16.3) | |
| AIDS | 0.544 | ||||
| no | 247 (75.8) | 169 (74.1) | 50 (80.6) | 28 (77.8) | |
| yes | 79 (24.2) | 59 (25.9) | 12 (19.4) | 8 (22.2) | |
| Smoke | 0.609 | ||||
| no | 153 (46.9) | 108 (47.4) | 28 (45.2) | 17 (47.2) | |
| yes | 130 (39.9) | 88 (38.6) | 29 (46.8) | 13 (36.1) | |
| ex | 43 (13.2) | 32 (14.0) | 5 (8.0) | 6 (16.7) | |
| BMI | 24.8 (22.3–28.0) | 24.6 (22.1-27.7) | 26.0 (23.6-30.1) | 24.1 (22.5-26.7) | 0.024 b |
| Duration of disease | 10.0 (5.0-17.0) | 11.0 (6.0-17.7) | 11.0 (4.0-17.0) | 7.0 (5.0-15.7) | 0.302b |
aChi-squared test; bStudent t-test for unpaired data. P values in bold suggest significant values.