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. 2020 Jun 1;20:834. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08586-9

Table 2.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics, Stratified by Incident Hypertension Status (N = 984)

Characteristic No HTN(n = 807) HTN (n = 177) P value
Male 603 (74.7) 137 (77.4) 0.46
Age (years) 34.4 ± 9.4 38.8 ± 11.2 < 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 21.3 ± 2.8 22.1 ± 3.1 < 0.01
 Overweight 72 (8.9) 21 (11.9) 0.23
 Obese 6 (0.7) 4 (2.3) NA
Han ethnicity 676 (83.8) 157 (88.7) 0.10
Smoking 200 (24.8) 38 (21.5) 0.35
Current alcohol use 224 (27.8) 40 (22.6) 0.16
eGFR (ml/min) 114 ± 16 110 ± 19 < 0.01
 eGFR < 90 (ml/min) 62 (7.7) 21 (11.9) 0.07
Diabetes 40 (5.0) 9 (5.1) 0.95
TC > 5.2 (mmol/l) 81 (10.0) 21 (11.9) 0.48
TG > 1.7 (mmol/l) 229 (28.4) 54 (30.5) 0.59
HDL-c < 1.0 (mmol/l) 240 (29.7) 63 (35.6) 0.17
LDL-c > 4.1 (mmol/l) 11 (1.4) 3 (1.7) NA
Dyslipidemia 397 (49.2) 100 (56.5) 0.15
HBs Ag+ 88 (10.9) 22 (12.4) 0.51
HCV Ab+ 50 (6.2) 19 (10.7) 0.03
Route of HIV transmission < 0.001
 Heterosexual 339 (42.0) 61 (34.5)
 Homosexual 370 (45.8) 81 (45.8)
 Blood transfusion 23 (2.9) 22 (12.4)
 Others 75 (9.3) 13 (7.3)
Years since HIV diagnosis 1.0 ± 1.7 1.1 ± 1.8 0.36
Baseline CD4+ cell count (cells/mm3) 238 ± 125 206 ± 124 < 0.01

Baseline HIV Viral load

(log10 copies/ml)

4.7 ± 0.7 4.7 ± 0.7 0.52
Stavudine exposure 248 (30.7) 97 (54.8) < 0.001

 Years of stavudine exposure

Zidovudine exposure

1.2 ± 1.1

316 (39.2)

0.6 ± 0.7

64 (36.2)

< 0.0010.46

 Years of zidovudine exposure

TDF exposure

3.3 ± 1.9

470 (58.2)

1.2 ± 1.1

54 (30.5)

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Years of TDF exposure

Recent CD4+ cell count (cells/mm3)

1.8 ± 0.7

453 ± 204

0.4 ± 0.5

330 ± 162

< 0.001

< 0.001

Recent CD4+/CD8+ ratio 0.7 ± 0.5 0.5 ± 0.3 < 0.001
Recent VL (log10 copies/ml) 1.5 ± 0.7 2.0 ± 0.7 < 0.001

Values are shown as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation

Abbreviations: HTN hypertension; BMI body mass index; NA not available; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; TC total cholesterol; TG triglycerides; HDL-c high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HBsAg+, hepatitis B surface antigen; HCV-Ab hepatitis C antibody; HIV human immunodeficiency virus; VL HIV-1 viral load; TDF tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

* Unless stated otherwise, characteristics reported represent baseline characteristics