Table 3. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of people with acquired immunodeficiency syndromed stratified according to the presence of arterial hypertension (n = 208). Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, 2015-2017.
| Characteristics | Systemic arterial hypertension | Significance | |
| Present | Absent | ||
| Age (years, mean ± SD*) | 48.8 ± 12.0 | 39.7 ± 10.6 | P < 0.001 |
| Sex, n (%) | |||
| Male | 27 (75.0%) | 120 (69.7%) | P = 0.531 |
| Female | 9 (25.0%) | 52 (30.2%) | |
| Body mass index (kg†/m2‡, mean ± SD*) | 27.0 ± 4.3 | 25.4 ± 6.9 | P = 0.193 |
| Waist circumference (cm§, mean ± SD*) | 96.2 ± 9.9 | 88.2 ± 11.2 | P < 0.001 |
| Time of HIV infection (years, mean ± SD*) | 8.6 ± 4.0 | 6.3 ± 4.5 | P = 0.005 |
| Time of use of ART|| (months, mean ± SD*) | 92.7 ± 44.6 | 62.6 ± 54.0 | P = 0.002 |
| CD4+ T lymphocytes count (cells/mm3¶, mean ± SD*) | 612.4 ± 281.6 | 596.3 ± 395.8 | P = 0.817 |
*SD: standard deviation; †kg: kilogram; ‡m2: square meter; §cm: centimeter; ||ART: antiretroviral therapy; ¶mm3: cubic milimeters