Table 1.
Baseline study population characteristics.
| Characteristics | HIV+TB+ (n = 44) |
HIV−TB+ (N = 49) |
HIV+TST+ (N = 17) |
HIV−TST+ (N = 24) |
HIV−TST− (N = 25) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic data | ||||||
| Median age, years | 30.5 ± 16.2 | 39 ± 13.8 | 44 ± 12.9 | 41 ± 13.3 | 41 ± 12.9 | 0.0737 |
| Female, n (%) | 21 (48) | 24 (49) | 8 (47) | 11 (46) | 12 (48) | 0.999 |
| Median of BMI, kg/m2 (IQR) | 26.5 (24–28) | 27 (23.5–28) | 27 (23–29) | 27 (24.5–29) | 28 (26–30) | 0.0641 |
| Nutritional status | ||||||
| Severe malnutrition, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Moderate malnutrition, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Mild malnutrition, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Normal, n (%) | 13 (30) | 16 (33) | 7 (41) | 6 (25) | 4 (16) | |
| Overweight, n (%) | 31 (70) | 33 (67) | 10 (59) | 18 (75) | 21 (84) | |
| CD4+ T cell count | ||||||
| Median CD4+ count (IQR) | 180 (112–239.5) | 234 (146–345) | 200 (146–267) | 333 (234– 478) | 345 (234–401) | 0.0001 |
| Median CD4+ T cell count ≤ 200, n (%) | 24 (42) | 19 (33) | 6 (11) | 3 (5) | 5 (9) | 0.003 |
Data indicate medians ± standard deviations unless stated otherwise. BMI cutoff of <18. Kg/m2 was used to define underweight. A CD4+ T cell count cutoff of <200 cells/µl was used to define lymphocytopenia, n (%): number of patients (percentage of patients); BMI: Body Mass Index.