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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J AIDS Res. 2020 Sep 5;19(3):177–185. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2020.1790398

Table 1.

Cohort Profile by serostatus

Characteristic HIV negative HIV positive Total
Number of participants (row percentage) 322 (52.4%) 292 (47.6%) 614
Age; Median (IQR) 68.7 (61.2 – 77.5) 61.0 (57.8 – 65.7) 64.3 (58.6 – 72.0)
Sex=Female 182 (56.5%) 202 (69.2%) 384 (62.5%)
Weight in kg; Median (IQR) (17 missing) 71.0 (60.0 – 85.0) 67.0 (57.0 – 80.0) 70.0 (58.0 – 82.0)
Systolic blood pressure; Median (IQR) 134.5 (120.5 – 151.0) 121.8 (112.0 – 138.0) 128.5 (115.5 – 145.5)
Diastolic blood pressure; Median (IQR) 82.0 (74.5 – 90.5) 78.0 (70.8 – 86.0) 80.5 (73.0 – 89.0)
Hypertensive 144 (55.3%) 78 (26.7%) 222 (36.2%)
D-Dimer (19 missing)
 Low 103 (32.8) 97 (34.5) 200 (33.6)
 Medium 97 (30.9%) 99 (35.2%) 196 (32.9%)
 High 114 (36.3%) 85 (30.2%) 199 (33.4%)
IL1 (78 missing)
 High 273 (100.0%) 263 (100.0%) 536 (100.0%)
IL6 (82 missing)
 Low 95 (34.9%) 82 (31.5%) 177 (33.3%)
 Medium 99 (36.4%) 81 (31.2%) 180 (33.8%)
 High 78 (28.7%) 97 (37.3%) 175 (32.9%)
CRP (16 missing)
 Low 125 (39.4%) 74 (26.3%) 199 (33.3%)
 Medium 105 (33.1%) 97 (34.5%) 202 (33.8%)
 High 87 (27.4%) 110 (39.1%) 197 (32.9%)