Table 2.
Descriptive analyses, BMI as outcome variable
| Variable | BMI < 18.5 | BMI > =18.5 | Total | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (x̅) | % (SD) | N (x̅) | %(SD) | N | % | ||
| Age (mean years) | (37.14) | (8.59) | (38.32) | (8.61) | 3999 | <0.001 | |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 18.47–30.65 | 249 | 22.6 | 551 | 19.0 | 800 | 20.0 | 0.003 |
| 30.66–34.96 | 234 | 21.2 | 566 | 19.6 | 800 | 20.0 | |
| 34.97–39.07 | 231 | 20.9 | 569 | 19.7 | 800 | 20.0 | |
| 39.08–44.80 | 204 | 18.5 | 596 | 20.6 | 800 | 20.0 | |
| 44.80–83.35 | 186 | 16.8 | 613 | 20.1 | 799 | 20.0 | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 380 | 30.0 | 888 | 70.0 | 1268 | 31.8 | 0.025 |
| Female | 724 | 26.6 | 2001 | 73.4 | 2725 | 68.2 | |
| Wealth index | |||||||
| Lowest | 217 | 26.6 | 434 | 17.8 | 651 | 20.0 | <0.001 |
| Low | 196 | 24.0 | 462 | 19.0 | 658 | 20.2 | |
| Middle | 175 | 21.5 | 560 | 23.0 | 735 | 22.6 | |
| High | 123 | 15.1 | 506 | 20.8 | 629 | 19.4 | |
| Highest | 105 | 12.8 | 473 | 19.4 | 578 | 17.8 | |
| Emotional distress | (1.29) | (0.43) | (1.25) | (0.39) | 3055 | 0.019 | |
| Depression score | (1.35) | (0.52) | (1.30) | (0.48) | 0.010 | ||
| Depression | |||||||
| Yes | 779 | 70.4 | 1849 | 63.6 | 2628 | 65.5 | <0.001 |
| No | 327 | 29.6 | 1057 | 36.4 | 1384 | 34.5 | |
| Social support | (25.37) | (8.00) | (25.07) | (8.39) | 3154 | 0.381 | |
| Alcohol dependency | |||||||
| Yes | 4 | 1.4 | 17 | 2.1 | 21 | 1.9 | 0.005 |
| No | 290 | 98.6 | 797 | 97.9 | 1091 | 98.1 | |
| HIV clinical stage | |||||||
| Stage 1 | 12 | 1.2 | 181 | 6.8 | 193 | 5.3 | <0.001 |
| Stage 2 | 112 | 11.1 | 522 | 19.5 | 634 | 17.2 | |
| Stage 3 | 599 | 59.4 | 1701 | 63.8 | 2300 | 62.6 | |
| Stage 4 | 285 | 28.3 | 264 | 9.9 | 549 | 14.9 | |
| Dietary diversity | |||||||
| Mean | (2.90) | (1.56) | (2.97) | (1.61) | 3137 | 0.280 | |
| DDS < 3 | 399 | 48.7 | 1050 | 45.3 | 1449 | 46.2 | 0.099 |
| DDS > =3 | 421 | 51.3 | 1267 | 54.7 | 1688 | 53.8 | |