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. 2017 Nov 26;5(1):e000457. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2017-000457

Table 1.

Bivariable analysis of baseline characteristics of 703 study participants aged > 50 years and living with HIV included in the final analysis stratified by new-onset diabetes during follow-up

New-onset diabetes
(n=132)
No diabetes
(n=571)
P value
Sex at birth; n (%)
 Male 120 (19) 502 (81) 0.368
 Female 12 (15) 69 (85)
Ethnicity; n (%)
 Asian 14 (28) 36 (72) 0.132
 Black 5 (21) 19 (79) 0.793
 Indigenous 20 (25) 61 (75) 0.177
 Hispanic 9 (29) 22 (71) 0.161
 White 92 (18) 423 (82) 0.126
History of IDU; n (%)
 Yes 53 (20) 215 (80) 0.620
 No 79 (18) 356 (82)
Heterosexual; n (%)
 Yes 65 (21) 239 (79) 0.112
 No 61 (16) 312 (84)
Homosexual/bisexual; n (%)
 Yes 59 (17) 288 (83) 0.279
 No 67 (20) 263 (80)
HCV antibody positive; n (%)
 Yes 64 (21) 235 (79) 0.144
 No 68 (17) 333 (83)
HBV surface antigen positive; n (%)
 Yes 11 (20) 43 (80) 0.720
  No 107 (19) 462 (81)
AIDS-defining illness at the end of follow-up; n (%)
 Yes 44 (20) 177 (80) 0.604
 No 88 (18) 394 (82)
Calendar year of first ART; n (%)
 1997–1999 60 (30) 140 (70) <0.001
 2000–2004 51 (27) 137 (73)
 2005–2009 19 (9) 182 (91)
 2010–2015 2 (2) 112 (98)
Main class of first ART regimen; n (%)
 NNRTI 30 (15) 172 (85) 0.003
 PI 86 (19) 374 (81)
 Others 16 (39) 25 (61)
Age at HIV diagnosis, years; n (%)
 <50  93 (19) 407 (81) 0.832
 ≥50  39 (19) 164 (81)
Age at ART initiation, years; n (%)
 <50  88 (20) 362 (80) 0.546
 ≥50  44 (17) 209 (83)
Latest weight during follow-up (kg); median (Q1–Q3) 73 (66–86) 72 (63–84) 0.122
Latest BMI during follow-up (kg/m2); median (Q1–Q3) 25 (22–28) 24 (21–27) 0.161
Latest hemoglobin during follow-up (g/dL); median (Q1–Q3) 145 (130–157) 142 (132–152) 0.201
CD4 nadir (cells/mm3); median (Q1–Q3) 80 (21–150) 130 (40–230) <0.001
CD4 count at ART initiation (cells/mm3); median (Q1–Q3) 180 (70–340) 240 (120–370) 0.016
Deceased as of 31 July 2015; n(%)
 Yes 20 (21) 74 (79) 0.481
 No 112 (18) 497 (82)

Ethnic groups are not mutually exclusive and were unknown in some cases. Other first classes of ART regimen: NRTI only including zidovudine/lamivudine, stavudine/lamivudine, or other NRTI-only regimen (n=33; 80%) and regimens including both an NNRTI and a PI (n=8; 20%).

ART, antiretroviral therapy; BMI, body mass index; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; IDU, injection drug use; NNRTI, non-nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor; Q1–Q3, 25th and 75th percentile.