Table 2.
Biomedical indicators at baseline
| Patients who have a single condition occurring alone | The condition occurs with other conditions, causing multimorbidity (only among those with the condition) | Both combined | |
| Among patients with hypertension | |||
| Blood pressure (mm Hg), number (%) | n=546 | n=539 | n=1085 |
| ≥140/90 | 342 (62.6) | 327 (60.7) | 669 (61.7) |
| <140/90 | 204 (37.4) | 212 (39.3) | 416 (38.3) |
| ≥180/120 | 42 (7.7) | 64 (11.9) | 106 (9.8) |
| <180/120 | 504 (92.3) | 475 (88.1) | 979 (90.2) |
| Systolic BP mm Hg, mean (range) | 144.4 (83.0–257.7) | 145.1 (68.7–271.0) | 144.7 (68.7–271.0) |
| Diastolic BP mm Hg, mean (range) | 90.2 (43.3–163.0) | 90.3 (54.7–167.3) | 90.2 (43.3–167.3) |
| Among patients with diabetes | |||
| Fasting glucose (mmol/L), number (%) | n=228 | n=281 | n=509 |
| <6.1 | 34 (14.9) | 62 (22.1) | 96 (18.9) |
| 6.1–6.9 | 17 (7.5) | 32 (11.4) | 49 (9.6) |
| ≥7.0 | 177 (77.6) | 187 (66.6) | 364 (71.5) |
| Fasting glucose, mean (range) mmol/L | 11.5 (2.9–29.3) | 9.8 (2.3–28.2) | 10.5 (2.3–29.3) |
| HbA1c, number (%)* | n=124 | n=206 | n=330 |
| <6.0% | 4 (3.2) | 25 (12.1) | 29 (8.8) |
| 6.0%–6.4% |
7 (5.7) | 22 (10.7) | 29 (8.8) |
| ≥6.5% | 113 (91.1) | 159 (77.2) | 272 (82.4) |
| HbA1c, mean (range) in % | 10.1 (4.8–16.9) | 8.8 (4.8–16.5) | 9.3 (4.8–16.9) |
| Among patients living with HIV | |||
| HIV plasma viral load, number (%)* | n=493 | n=153 | n=646 |
| <100 copies/mL | 306 (62.1) | 131 (85.6) | 437 (67.7) |
| 100–999 copies/mL | 68 (13.8) | 14 (9.2) | 82 (12.7) |
| ≥1000 copies/mL | 119 (24.1) | 8 (5.2) | 127 (19.7) |
Note: blood pressure was measured at baseline by research staff among 1187 (99.9%)/1188 participants who were not known previously to be hypertensive. Of these, the proportion who were detected with a blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg or higher was 80 (9.6%)/831 among those with HIV infection alone, 47 (15.0%)/313 among those with diabetes alone and 6 (14.0%)/43 among those with HIV infection and diabetes. Of note, among all HIV-infected participants, blood pressure was 180/120 mm Hg or higher among 45 (4.0%)/1126.
*Measured at any time within the previous 6 months. Overall for the proportion with plasma viral load <100 copies/mL, the 95% CI was 64.1%, 71.4% and 80.3% (95% CI: 77.3% to 83.5%) had a plasma viral load <1000 copies/mL.
BP, blood pressure; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin.