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Table 1 Characteristics of participants who had been on ART for more than 6 months at enrolment by Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) exposure

From: The effect of Tenofovir on renal function among Ugandan adults on long-term antiretroviral therapy: a cross-sectional enrolment analysis

Characteristics

All participants

n (%)

TDF exposure

 

Non-TDF ART

n (%)

TDF ART

n (%)

Alla

953

385 (40.4)

568 (59.6)

Socio-demographic/economic

Age (years)

 18–34

89 (9.3)

45 (11.7)

44 (7.7)

 35–49

578 (60.7)

222 (57.7)

356 (62.7)

 50+

286 (30.0)

118 (30.6)

168 (29.6)

Sex

 Females

628 (65.9)

250 (64.9)

378 (66.5)

 Males

325 (34.1)

135 (35.1)

190 (33.5)

SES score tertileb

 Low

403 (42.3)

165 (42.9)

238 (41.9)

 Middle

359 (37.7)

144 (37.4)

215 (37.9)

 High

186 (19.5)

76 (19.7)

110 (19.4)

Lifestyle, anthropometric

Tobacco consumption

 Never

791 (83.0)

305 (79.2)

486 (85.6)

 Ex-smoker

93 (9.8)

39 (10.1)

54 (9.5)

 Current

68 (7.1)

41 (10.6)

27 (4.8)

Alcohol consumption

 Never

358 (37.6)

141 (36.6)

217 (38.2)

 Ever >1 month

352 (36.9)

135 (35.1)

217 (38.2)

Within <1 month

234 (24.6)

108 (28.1)

126 (22.2)

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

 <18.5

91 (9.5)

30 (7.8)

61 (10.7)

 18.5–24.9

591 (62.0)

263 (68.3)

328 (57.7)

 25.0-29.9

192 (20.1)

69 (17.9)

123 (21.7)

 ≥30

60 (6.3)

18 (4.7)

42 (7.4)

Clinical, disease history, art

Hypertension

 Normal

722 (75.8)

299 (77.7)

423 (74.5)

 Hypertensive

220 (23.1)

83 (21.6)

137 (24.1)

Glucose (mmol/lL)/history

 Desirable (≤6.4 mmol/l)

912 (95.7)

375 (97.4)

537 (94.5)

 High (>6.4 mmol/l)

33 (3.5)

10 (2.6)

23 (4.0)

Renal disease history

 No renal disease

946 (99.3)

383 (99.5)

563 (99.1)

 Known renal disease

6 (0.6)

2 (0.5)

4 (0.7)

ART regimen type/class

 First line ART

 2NRTIs/NNRTI

481 (50.5)

312 (81.0)

169 (29.8)

 3NRTIs

237 (24.9)

41 (10.6)

196 (34.5)

 Second line ART (with boosted PI)

235 (24.7)

32 (8.3)

203 (35.7)

Cotrimoxazole use

 Yes

570 (59.8)

161 (41.8)

409 (72.0)

 No

383 (40.2)

224 (58.2)

159 (28.0)

Total duration on ART (years)

 0.5 to <5

175 (18.4)

138 (35.8)

37 (6.5)

 5 to <9

124 (13.0)

79 (20.5)

45 (7.9)

 9+

654 (68.6)

168 (43.6)

486 (85.6)

HIV-1 viral load (copies/ml)

 <1000

802 (84.2)

346 (89.9)

456 (80.3)

 1000–9999

48 (5.0)

13 (3.4)

35 (6.2)

 10,000+

71 (7.5)

15 (3.9)

56 (9.9)

CD4 cell counts (cells/µl)

 ≤350

263 (27.6)

102 (26.5)

161 (28.3)

 351–500

274 (28.8)

120 (31.2)

154 (27.1)

 501+

349 (36.6)

149 (38.7)

200 (35.2)

  1. aPercentages in brackets show percentage of TDF or non-TDF containing ART over all patients on ART
  2. bSES is socio-economic status index calculated over the total items owned. Hypertension defined as SBP ≥140 mmHg or DBP ≥90 or any history of hypertension