Table 2.
NCDs prevalence comparing “youngest old” and “old” individuals
| 65–74 Years Old | ≥ 75 Years Old | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV- (n = 224, 18.84%) | HIV+ (n = 965, 81.16%) | p | HIV- (n = 91, 23.7%) | HIV+ (n = 293, 76.3%) | p | |
| Variable | Frequency [sample size] | Frequency [sample size] | ||||
| HTN | 149 (66.52%) [224] | 396 (60.83%) [652] | 0.15 | 61 (67.03%) [91] | 155 (71.76%) [216] | 0.49 |
| T2DM | 50 (22.32%) [224] | 176 (27.54%) [629] | 0.15 | 14 (15.38%) [91] | 65 (31.25%) [208] | < 0.01 |
| CVD | 41 (18.3%) [224] | 106 (16.88%) [628] | 0.70 | 28 (30.77%) [91] | 58 (29.15%) [199] | 0.88 |
| CKD | 5 (5%) [100] | 115 (17.06%) [674] | < 0.01 | 4 (10%) [40] | 56 (25.93%) [216] | 0.04 |
| COPD | 20 (9.13%) [219] | 41 (6.61%) [620] | 0.28 | 17 (18.89%) [90] | 19 (9.79%) [194] | 0.05 |
| DLM | 59 (57.84%) [102] | 462 (70%) [630] | 0.02 | 20 (50%) [40] | 156 (74.64%) [209] | < 0.01 |
| MM | 57 (57.58%) [99] | 371 (61.32%) [605] | 0.55 | 25 (62.5%) [40] | 139 (73.94%) [188] | 0.20 |
| PP | 44 (19.64%) [224] | 169 (35.28%) [479] | < 0.01 | 32 (35.16%) [91] | 73 (42.94%) [170] | 0.27 |
Abbreviations: HTN: Hypertension; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; CVD: Cardiovascular Disease; CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; DLM: Dyslipidaemia; MM: Multimorbidity; PP - Polypharmacy