Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of elderly patients living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (N = 15,018).
| Variable | Normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25; N = 12967)∗ | Obese (BMI ≥30; N = 2015)∗ | P-value | Total participants (N = 15,018) |
| Socio-demographics | ||||
| Age (yr), mean (SD) | 57.1 (6.6) | 56.5 (5.5) | <.001 | 56.9 (6.4) |
| Age categories (yr) (%) | .09 | |||
| 50 – <60 | 9347 (72.1%) | 1510 (73.6%) | 10,857 (72.3%) | |
| 60 – <70 | 2881 (22.2%) | 473 (23.1%) | 3354 (22.3%) | |
| 70 and above | 739 (5.7%) | 68 (3.3%) | 807 (5.4%) | |
| Gender (%) | ||||
| Female | 6562 (50.6%) | 1402 (68.4%) | <.001 | 7964 (53.0%) |
| Male | 6405 (49.4%) | 649 (31.6%) | 7054 (47.0%) | |
| Marital status (%) | ||||
| Single | 583 (5.1%) | 79 (4.3%) | .009 | 662 (5.0%) |
| Married | 8099 (70.4%) | 1274 (69.5%) | 9.373 (70.3%) | |
| Widowed | 2101 (18.3%) | 354 (19.3%) | 2455 (18.4%) | |
| Divorced | 304 (2.6%) | 58 (3.2%) | 362 (2.7%) | |
| Separated | 422 (3.7%) | 67 (3.7%) | 489 (3.6%) | |
| Occupation (%) | ||||
| Unemployed | 5266 (49.9%) | 908 (56.2%) | <.001 | 6174 (50.7%) |
| Employed | 5287 (50.1%) | 707 (43.8%) | 5994 (49.3%) | |
| Education (%) | ||||
| None | 1832 (17.9%) | 212 (13.1%) | <.001 | 2044 (17.2%) |
| Quranic | 233 (2.3%) | 10 (0.6%) | 243 (2.1%) | |
| Primary | 2919 (28.5%) | 397 (24.5%) | 3316 (28.0%) | |
| Secondary | 3271 (32.0%) | 565 (34.9%) | 3836 (32.4%) | |
| Postsecondary | 1973 (19.3%) | 434 (26.8%) | 2407 (20.3%) | |
| Service entry point (%) | ||||
| HCT | 2177 (44.3%) | 267 (36.0%) | .003 | 2444 (43.3%) |
| VCT | 665 (13.5%) | 132 (17.8%) | 797 (14.1%) | |
| Others | 2068 (42.1%) | 342 (46.2%) | 2410 (42.6%) | |
| Clinical | ||||
| WHO clinical stage (%) | ||||
| I | 5415 (46.3%) | 1125 (61.2%) | <.001 | 6540 (61.2%) |
| II | 3135 (26.8%) | 384 (20.9%) | 3519 (20.9%) | |
| III | 2675 (22.9%) | 286 (15.7%) | 2961 (15.7%) | |
| IV | 466 (4.0%) | 43 (2.4%) | 509 (2.4%) | |
| BP systolic (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 123.3 (25.0) | 132.1 (23.9) | <.001 | 125.6 (24.7) |
| BP diastolic (mm Hg),mean (SD) | 78.5 (14.2) | 84.1 (14.5) | <.001 | 80.0 (14.3) |
| Hypertension (SBP >140 or DPB >90 mm Hg) (%) | 1013 (22.4%) | 320 (34.2%) | <.001 | 1333 (24.4%) |
| ART regimen line (%) | .11 | |||
| First line | 12,493 (98.5%) | 1978 (98.6%) | 14,471 (98.5%) | |
| Second line | 192 (1.5%) | 29 (1.4%) | 221 (1.5%) | |
| ART regimen (%) | ||||
| AZT-based | 2987 (25.4%) | 575 (30.3%) | <.001 | 3562 (26.2%) |
| TDF-based | 7672 (65.5%) | 1161 (61.2%) | 8833 (64.9%) | |
| Others | 1062 (9.1%) | 161 (8.5%) | 1223 (9.0%) | |
| CD4 count <500 cells/μL (%) | 4567 (66.0%) | 541 (47.5%) | <.001 | 5108 (63.4%) |