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. 2021 Apr 29;37(5):373–379. doi: 10.1089/aid.2020.0247

Table 2.

Values for Primary Exposures at the Index Visit by HIV Status in 2,527 Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) and 2,446 Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) Participants

 
MACS
WIHS
FINDRISC components Risk points HIV positive (n = 1,299) HIV negative (n = 1,228) HIV positive (n = 1,841) HIV negative (n = 605)
Age, n (%)
 <45 years 0 823 (63) 557 (45) 1,186 (64) 432 (71)
 45 to <55 years 2 392 (30) 437 (36) 549 (30) 138 (23)
 55 to 65 years 3 84 (6) 234 (19) 106 (6) 35 (6)
Body mass index, n (%)
 <25 kg/m2 0 686 (53) 531 (43) 607 (33) 190 (31)
 25 to <30 kg/m2 1 460 (35) 488 (40) 552 (30) 145 (24)
 ≥30 kg/me 3 153 (12) 209 (17) 682 (37) 270 (45)
Waist circumference, n (%)
 Men <37.0 inches, women <31.5 inches 0 888 (68) 681 (55) 424 (23) 166 (27)
 Men 37.0 to <40.2, women 31.5 to <34.6 3 246 (19) 266 (22) 387 (21) 106 (18)
 Men ≥40.2 inches, women ≥34.6 inches 4 165 (13) 281 (23) 1,030 (56) 333 (55)
Fasting blood glucose, n (%)
 <5.55 mmol/L 0 1,057 (81) 1,029 (84) 1,650 (90) 555 (92)
 5.55 to <6.99 mmol/L 5 242 (19) 199 (16) 191 (10) 50 (8)
History of HTN medication, n (%)
 No 0 1,166 (90) 1,089 (89) 1,469 (80) 521 (86)
 Yes 2 133 (10) 139 (11) 372 (20) 84 (14)
FINDRISC score, median (IQR)a   3 (0–6) 4 (1–7) 6 (4–8) 6 (3–7)
HOMA-IR, median (IQR)   2.5 (1.8–3.7) 2.2 (1.6–3.3) 2.1 (1.3–3.6) 1.7 (1.1–3.2)

Index visit defined as the first visit at which fasting blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c, self-reported antidiabetic medication use, and self-reported diabetes data were concurrently available.

a

Score ranges from 0 to 17. Higher scores reflect higher risk for developing drug-treated diabetes.

HTN, hypertension; FINDRISC, Finnish Diabetes Risk Score; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance.