Table 3.
Energy and calcium Intake levels, entire study sample and stratified by CD4 + cell count, and HIV viral load
| Dietary intake outcomes | CD4 +cell count | HIV viral load | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entire sample | ≥350 cells/mm3 | <350 cells/mm3 | Pc | <80 copies/ml | ≥80 copies/ml | P ‡ | |||||||
| N | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |||
| FFQ | |||||||||||||
| Daily energy intake* (kJ) | 119 | 11311·0 | 4654·7 | 11914·7 | 4999·0 | 10281·3 | 3838·4 | 0·048 | 11697·2 | 4740·5 | 9142·5 | 3512·9 | 0·031 |
| Daily Ca intake* (mg) | 118 | 800·3 | 446·0 | 837·9 | 477·6 | 735·5 | 382·3 | 0·233 | 825·7 | 452·7 | 669·2 | 395·0 | 0·162 |
| Six-item dietary Ca screening tool | |||||||||||||
| Total score – baseline | 125 | 35·0 | 6·8 | 36·4 | 6·6 | 32·5 | 6·6 | 0·002 | 35·2 | 6·9 | 33·8 | 6·7 | 0·430 |
| Total score – follow-up | 83 | 32·7 | 7·0 | 33·5 | 6·8 | 31·3 | 7·3 | 0·178 | 33·2 | 7·0 | 29·1 | 6·6 | 0·093 |
| Average dairy products† | 83 | 6·2 | 1·5 | 6·6 | 1·5 | 5·7 | 1·4 | 0·011 | 6·3 | 1·6 | 6·0 | 0·9 | 0·608 |
| Average soya products† | 83 | 5·7 | 1·2 | 5·8 | 1·1 | 5·4 | 1·2 | 0·049 | 5·7 | 1·2 | 5·3 | 1·0 | 0·246 |
| Average vegetables† | 83 | 6·5 | 1·5 | 6·7 | 1·5 | 6·0 | 1·5 | 0·113 | 6·6 | 1·4 | 5·9 | 1·9 | 0·171 |
| Average nuts† | 83 | 4·8 | 1·6 | 4·8 | 1·6 | 4·7 | 1·6 | 0·791 | 4·8 | 1·7 | 4·4 | 0·9 | 0·445 |
| Average seafood† | 83 | 4·9 | 1·1 | 4·9 | 1·1 | 4·8 | 1·1 | 0·625 | 4·9 | 1·1 | 4·6 | 1·0 | 0·344 |
| Average vitamin D-rich products† | 83 | 5·9 | 1·5 | 6·2 | 1·3 | 5·4 | 1·6 | 0·021 | 6·0 | 1·4 | 5·3 | 1·6 | 0·202 |
*
Outliers that fell more than 1·5 times the interquartile range above the third quartile or below the first quartile were excluded.
†
Average of the baseline and follow-up scores for each food category.
‡
Independent t test used to derive the P-values.