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. 2021 Apr 16;100(15):e25399. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025399

Table 2.

Risk factors for obesity (BMI ≥30) among obese and normal-weight elderly patients living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

UnivariateRR (95% CI), P-value MultivariateRR (95% CI), P-value
Socio-demographics
 Age categories (yr)
  50 – <60 Reference Reference
  60 – <70 0.92 (0.82–1.03), .14 0.94 (0.80–1.10), .42
  70 and above 0.56 (0.43–0.72), .047 0.82 (0.59–1.13), .22
 Gender
  Female Reference Reference
  Male 0.47 (0.43–0.52), <.001 0.38 (0.33–0.44), <.001
 Married
  No Reference Reference
  Yes 0.96 (0.86–1.07), .47 1.10 (0.95–1.26), .21
 Occupation
  Unemployed Reference Reference
 Employed 1.63 (1.44–1.83), <.001 1.71 (1.48–2.00), <.001
  Education
  None Reference Reference
  Primary 1.12 (0.94–1.33), .22 1.14 (0.92–1.41), .23
  Secondary 1.49 (1.26–1.77), <.001 1.48 (1.20–1.82), <.001
  Postsecondary 1.90 (1.59–2.27), <.001 1.93 (1.54–2.41), <.001
 Service entry point
  Others Reference Reference
  HCT/VCT 0.85 (0.73–0.99), .035 0.95 (0.76–1.17), .62
Clinical
 WHO clinical stage
  I/II Reference Reference
  III/IV 0.59 (0.53–0.67), <.001 0.58 (0.50–0.68), <.001
 ART regimen
  AZT-based Reference Reference
  TDF-based 0.79 (0.71–0.88), <.001 0.84 (0.73–0.96), <.001
 Hypertension (SBP >140 or DPB >90 mm Hg)
  No Reference Reference
  Yes 1.80 (1.55–2.10), <.001 1.78 (1.44–2.20), <.001
 CD4 count, cells/μL
  ≥500 Reference Reference
  <500 0.46 (0.41–0.53), <.001 0.56 (0.49–0.66), <.001