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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Jul 1;81(3):319–327. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002018

Table 1.

Characteristics of Children in Each Analytic Outcome Subgroup Comparing Obese PHACS SMARTT vs. NHANES Participants

BLOOD PRESSURE OUTCOME ANALYTIC SUBGROUP
Cohort
Characteristic SMARTT HEU
(n=304)
NHANES
(n=792)
p-value
Age (yr)/sex groups
 Female age < 10 46 (15%) 98 (12%) 0.22
 Female age ≥ 10 107 (35%) 317 (40%)
 Male age < 12 108 (36%) 248 (31%)
 Male age ≥12 43 (14%) 129 (16%)
Age (years) 11.1 (9.3, 13.2) 11.8 (9.8, 14.9) < 0.01
Non-Hispanic Black 187 (62%) 441 (56%) 0.09
Female 153 (50%) 415 (52%) 0.54
Annual household income ($)
 < 20,000 206 (68%) 221 (29%) < 0.01
 20,000 – 50,000 82 (27%) 357 (46%)
 > 50,000 16 (5%) 190 (25%)
BMIZ 2.07 (1.87, 2.40) 2.07 (1.85, 2.33) 0.17
HTZ 0.82 (0.02, 1.59) 0.65 (−0.02, 1.28) <0.01
WTZ 2.24 (1.79, 2.66) 2.15 (1.81, 2.49) 0.03
Duration of most potent in utero ART regimen (wk) 21.6 (15.6, 28.9) --
In utero ART regimen
 No ARVs 11 (4%) --
 Non-combination ART 49 (16%) --
 ≥ 3 NRTIs 35 (12%) --
 NNRTI-based ART 36 (12%) --
 PI-based ART 158 (52%) --
 ≥ 3 ARV classes 1 (0%) --
 Missing 14 (4%) --
In utero exposure to AZT, d4T, ddI, or ddC 261 (86%) --
TC AND HDL OUTCOME ANALYTIC SUBGROUP
Cohort
Characteristic SMARTT HEU
(n=385)
NHANES
(n=916)
p-value
Age (yr)/sex groups
 Female age < 10 98 (25%) 213 (23%) 0.05
 Female age ≥ 10 98 (25%) 287 (31%)
 Male age < 12 154 (40%) 311 (34%)
 Male age ≥ 12 35 (9%) 105 (11%)
Age (yr) 9.9 (7.4, 11.4) 10.6 (8.5, 14.0) <0.01
Non-Hispanic Black 224 (58%) 433 (47%) <0.01
Female 196 (51%) 500 (55%) 0.25
Annual household income ($)
 < 20,000 247 (64%) 261 (30%) <0.01
 20,000 – 50,000 118 (31%) 415 (47%)
 > 50,000 20 (5%) 203 (23%)
BMIZ 2.08 (1.88, 2.41) 2.09 (1.86, 2.38) 0.53
HTZ 0.85 (0.15, 1.61) 0.68 (0.03, 1.28) <0.01
WTZ 2.20 (1.82, 2.63) 2.15 (1.82, 2.54) 0.24
Duration of most potent in utero ART regimen (wk) 21.4 (15.3, 29.0) --
In utero ART regimen
 No ARVs in pregnancy 13 (3%) --
 Non-combination ART 61 (16%) --
 ≥ 3 NRTIs 39 (10%) --
 NNRTI-based ART 41 (10%) --
 PI-based ART 210 (55%) --
 INSTI-based ART 3 (1%) --
 ≥ 3 ARV classes 2 (1%) --
 Missing 16 (4%) --
In utero exposure to AZT, d4T, ddI, or ddC 335 (87%) --
TG, LDL, AND HOMA-IR OUTCOME ANALYTIC SUBGROUP
Cohort
Characteristic SMARTT HEU
(n=83)
NHANES
(n=188)

p-value
Age (yr) 14.8 (13.1, 15.3) 15.4 (13.2, 17.3) <0.01
Non-Hispanic Black 60 (72%) 119 (63%) 0.17
Female 53 (64%) 98 (52%) 0.09
Annual household income ($)
 < 20,000 50 (60%) 60 (33%) <0.01
 20,000 – 50,000 26 (31%) 76 (42%)
 > 50,000 7 (8%) 45 (25%)
BMIZ 2.09 (1.86, 2.43) 2.09 (1.85, 2.42) 0.87
HTZ 0.41 (−0.16, 1.07) 0.42 (−0.40, 0.99) 0.30
WTZ 2.20 (1.90, 2.61) 2.15 (1.88, 2.63) 0.72
Duration of most potent in utero ART regimen (wk) 19.6 (11.6, 31.7) --
In utero ART regimen
 No ARVs 6 (7%) --
 Non-combination ART 31 (38%) --
 ≥ 3 NRTIs 5 (6%) --
 NNRTI-based ART 12 (15%) --
 PI-based ART 26 (31%) --
 ≥ 3 ARV classes 1 (1%) --
 Missing 2 (2%) --
In utero exposure to AZT, d4T, ddI, or ddC 75 (90%) --

All continuous variables expressed as median (interquartile range) and categorical variables as n (%). ART=antiretroviral therapy; ARVs=antiretrovirals; BMIZ=Body Mass Index Z-score; HEU=HIV- exposed uninfected; HTZ=Height Z-score; INSTI=Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor; NHANES=National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NRTI=Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor; NNRTI=Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor; PHACS=Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study; PI=Protease Inhibitor; SMARTT=Surveillance Monitoring of ART Toxicities; WTZ=Weight Z-score; wk=weeks; yr=years