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. 2022 Jul 26;14(7):427–437. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v14.i7.427

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of hospitalizations due to heart failure in people living with human immunodeficiency virus from 2008 to 2018


2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
P trend
n (sample) 869 954 1021 910 825 868 928 979 1074 1248 1340 < 0.001
n (weighted) 4212 4878 5225 4362 4125 4340 4640 4895 5370 6240 6700 < 0.001
Sex (%)
Male 65.5 67.1 68.5 64.8 69.0 68.4 65.7 67.4 68.0 67.2 69.6 < 0.001
Female 34.5 32.9 31.5 35.2 31.0 31.6 34.3 32.6 32.0 32.8 30.4 < 0.001
Age (%)
< 50 41.8 38.8 41.2 36.7 29.7 27.2 29.1 27.4 28.1 25.0 24.9 < 0.001
50-59 35.2 38.5 36.2 41.3 41.1 42.5 42.0 39.6 37.9 37.3 35.1 < 0.001
60-69 16.7 16.7 16.5 16.5 20.8 22.8 22.2 24.8 26.9 28.8 29.0 < 0.001
≥ 70 6.3 6.0 6.1 5.5 8.4 7.5 6.7 8.2 7.1 8.9 10.0 < 0.001
Race (%)
White 11.8 12.0 12.8 13.6 16.9 15.5 18.1 16.9 17.3 17.6 15.9 < 0.001
Black 74.6 74.5 76.2 76.4 71.7 72.1 70.2 73.8 71.5 69.2 71.5 0.002
Hispanic 10.9 8.9 8.3 6.2 6.6 7.9 8.5 5.6 7.7 8.8 9.5 0.203
Asian 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.7 < 0.001
AI/AN 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 < 0.001
Other 2.0 4.5 2.3 3.5 4.2 3.6 2.8 3.2 2.7 3.2 2.1 < 0.001
Comorbidities (%)
Hypertension 65.9 67.9 64.7 67.5 81.8 80.1 68.4 69.7 86.6 73.4 91.2 < 0.001
Diabetes mellitus 33.4 33.2 31.3 32.5 34.4 35.1 37.8 37.4 38.0 37.9 36.7 < 0.001
CKD 53.1 50.4 50.4 49.2 53.9 56.9 54.5 58.1 60.6 62.6 61.0 < 0.001
Obesity 7.3 7.9 11.8 11.3 10.1 12.4 14.4 18.8 16.3 16.3 17.1 < 0.001
COPD 31.2 32.7 33.0 38.1 43.8 47.1 39.4 42.2 41.4 42.6 43.4 < 0.001
Charlson comorbidity index
Mean (SD) NR NR 6.18 (0.10) 6.17 (0.11) 6.11 (0.12) 6.28 (0.11) 6.27 (0.11) 5.37 (0.11) 6.86 (0.10) 7.19 (0.09) 6.99 (0.09) < 0.001
Hospital characteristics
Hospital region (%)
Northwest 25.4 35.3 35.9 30.9 32.1 31.8 28.0 274 24.8 25.8 26.3 < 0.001
Midwest 11.5 11.1 13.1 11.4 11.6 9.7 13.6 11.7 10.4 9.3 11.6 < 0.001
South 58.6 48.9 44.7 52.5 46.1 49.8 50.7 54.4 54.5 54.3 53.7 < 0.001
West 4.5 4.7 6.4 5.2 10.2 8.8 7.7 6.4 10.3 10.7 8.4 < 0.001
Hospital bed size (%)
Small 8.1 9.5 9.6 6.0 11.5 10.3 16.8 13.3 14.4 17.0 17.8 < 0.001
Medium 21.7 25.0 24.6 23.5 30.3 28.8 26.4 30.6 29.9 27.0 27.6 < 0.001
Large 70.2 65.5 65.8 70.5 58.2 60.9 56.8 56.1 55.7 56.0 54.6 < 0.001
Urban location (%)
Rural 5.5 3.8 2.9 3.4 2.9 3.6 2.6 3.4 3.1 3.8 4.0 < 0.001
Urban nonteaching 28.0 28.7 29.2 33.3 26.4 24.3 16.9 18.0 18.0 13.9 14.1 < 0.001
Urban teaching 66.5 67.5 68.0 63.3 70.7 72.1 80.5 78.6 78.9 82.2 81.9 < 0.001

AI/AN: American Indian/Alaska Native; CKD: Chronic kidney disease; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; NR: Not reported; SD: Standard deviation.