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. 2021 Oct 29;22:355. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02563-z

Table 4.

Factors associated with impaired renal function in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults

n Impaired renal function1 n (%) aOR2 (95% CI3) p value4
Age categories (years)
  18–30 420 26 (6.2) 0
  31–40 621 49 (7.9) 1.3 (0.8, 2.1) 0.32
  41–50 519 32 (6.2) 1.0 (0.6, 1.7) 0.98
> 50 382 28 (7.3) 1.2 (0.7, 2.2) 0.44
Sex
  Female 1156 82 (7.1) 0
  Male 786 53 (6.7) 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) 0.88
HIV status
  HIV-uninfected 654 37 (5.7) 0
  HIV-infected ART-naive 955 77 (8.1) 1.5 (1.0, 2.3) 0.048
  HIV-infected on ART 333 21 (6.3) 1.1 (0.6, 1.9) 0.75
Education level
  No formal education 317 17 (5.4) 0
  Primary 1323 96 (7.3) 1.5 (0.9, 2.5) 0.17
  Secondary/Tertiary 297 21 (7.1) 1.5 (0.7, 3.0) 0.24
SES5tertiles
  Lower 644 46 (7.1) 0
  Middle 646 41 (6.4) 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) 0.62
  Upper 647 47 (7.3) 1.0 (0.7, 1.6) 0.95
Smoking
  Never smoked 1471 99 (6.7) 0
  Past smoked 285 22 (7.7) 1.2 (0.7, 2.1) 0.51
  Current smoker 181 13 (7.2) 1.3 (0.6, 2.5) 0.51
Alcohol use
  Non drinker 1342 92 (6.9) 0
 Current moderate drinker 40 2 (5.0) 0.7 (0.2, 3.1) 0.68
  Unhealthy drinker6 555 40 (7.2) 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) 0.61
Antiretroviral regimen
  Tenofovir containing 174 7 (4.0) 0
  Other regimen 158 13 (8.2) 2.1 (0.8, 5.6) 0.12
Physical activity (minutes/week)7
  Active (≥ 600) 1667 110 (6.6) 0
  Inactive (<  600) 269 24 (8.9) 1.4 (0.9, 2.2) 0.20
Body mass index (kg/m2)
  Underweight (< 18.5) 423 29 (6.9) 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) 0.89
  Normal (18.5- < 25) 1128 79 (7.0) 0
  Overweight/obesity (≥25) 390 26 (6.7) 0.9 (0.6, 1.5) 0.76
Anaemia8
  No 1112 60 (5.4) 0
  Yes 826 75 (9.1) 1.9 (1.3, 2.7) 0.001
S. mansoniegg(s) seen
  No 1623 118 (7.3) 0
  Yes 141 8 (5.7) 0.8 (0.4, 1.7) 0.60
Hypertension9
  No 1590 109 (6.9) 0
  Yes 348 24 (6.9) 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) 0.95
Diabetes Mellitus10
  Normal (≤ 7.7) 965 61 (6.3) 0
  Prediabetes (7.8–11.0) 844 56 (6.6) 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) 0.72
  Diabetes (≥ 11.1) 128 18 (14.1) 2.3 (1.3, 4.2) 0.004

1Estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73m2); 2Adjusted odds ratio - adjusted for age sex and fat-free mass index; 3Confidence interval; 4p-value for 2 tailored Wald test; 5Socioeconomic status calculated using principal component analysis; 6Habitual alcohol drinking of more than two standard drinks for women or more than three standard drinks for men; 7Metabolic equivalent - calculations based on total time spent in moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity per week; 8Haemoglobin level < 12 mg/dL for women and < 13 mg/dL for men; 9Systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg or on medication for hypertension; 10Two hour oral glucose tolerance test blood glucose level ≥ 11.1 mmol/L or on medication for diabetes