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Table 3 Medical history of participants at enrolment into the CoLTART study by sex and site

From: COHORT PROFILE: The Complications of Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy study in Uganda (CoLTART), a prospective clinical cohort

Medical condition

All combined

Entebbe site

Kyamulibwa site

n (%)

All, n (%)

Sex

All, n (%)

Sex

Females, n (%)

Males, n (%)

Females, n (%)

Males, n (%)

All

1095

666

459 (68.9)

207 (31.1)

429

252 (58.7)

177 (41.3)

Hypertension history

 Never had hypertension

936 (85.5)

556 (83.5)

378 (82.4)

178 (86.0)

380 (88.6)

222 (88.1)

158 (89.3)

 Ever had hypertension

159 (14.5)

110 (16.5)

81 (17.6)

29 (14.0)

49 (11.4)

30 (11.9)

19 (10.7)

Diabetes mellitus historya

 No known diabetes mellitus

1067 (97.9)

645 (97.3)

445 (97.4)

200 (97.1)

422 (98.8)

248 (98.8)

174 (98.9)

 Known diabetes mellitus

23 (2.1)

18 (2.7)

12 (2.6)

6 (2.9)

5 (1.2)

3 (1.2)

2 (1.1)

Renal disease historyb

 No renal disease

1087 (99.4)

659 (99.1)

456 (99.3)

203 (98.5)

428 (99.8)

252 (100.0)

176 (99.4)

 Known renal disease

7 (0.6)

6 (0.9)

3 (0.7)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

ART exposure, years

 ART naïve

74 (6.8)

27 (4.1)

21 (4.6)

6 (2.9)

47 (11.0)

22 (8.7)

25 (14.1)

 <1 years

79 (7.2)

13 (2.0)

11 (2.4)

2 (1.0)

66 (15.4)

35 (13.9)

31 (17.5)

 1 to <5 years

164 (15.0)

7 (1.1)

6 (1.3)

1 (0.5)

157 (36.6)

98 (38.9)

59 (33.3)

 5 to <9 years

124 (11.3)

15 (2.3)

9 (2.0)

6 (2.9)

109 (25.4)

65 (25.8)

44 (24.9)

 9+ years

654 (59.7)

604 (90.7)

412 (89.8)

192 (92.8)

50 (11.7)

32 (12.7)

18 (10.2)

Metabolic abnormalities study groupsc

 Non-protease Inhibitor based ART

785 (76.9)

432 (67.6)

306 (69.9)

126 (62.7)

353 (92.4)

212 (92.2)

141 (92.8)

 Protease Inhibitor based ART

236 (23.1)

207 (32.4)

132 (30.1)

75 (37.3)

29 (7.6)

18 (7.8)

11 (7.2)

Renal dysfunction study groupsd

 Tenofovir containing ART

608 (59.6)

500 (78.3)

337 (76.9)

163 (81.1)

108 (28.3)

64 (27.8)

44 (29.0)

 Non-Tenofovir containing ART

413 (40.5)

139 (21.8)

101 (23.1)

38 (18.9)

274 (71.7)

166 (72.2)

108 (71.1)

Body mass index (kg/m2)e

 <18.5

114 (10.6)

48 (7.4)

29 (6.5)

19 (9.4)

66 (15.4)

29 (11.5)

37 (21.0)

 18.5–24.9

674 (62.8)

365 (56.6)

217 (49.0)

148 (73.3)

309 (72.2)

175 (69.4)

134 (76.1)

 25.0–29.9

218 (20.3)

172 (26.7)

140 (31.6)

32 (15.8)

46 (10.8)

41 (16.3)

5 (2.8)

 ≥30

67 (6.3)

60 (9.3)

57 (12.9)

3 (1.5)

7 (1.6)

7 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

Haemoglobin (g/dl)f

 Normal

908 (83.3)

570 (86.2)

387 (85.1)

183 (88.8)

338 (78.8)

199 (79.0)

139 (78.5)

 Abnormal

182 (16.7)

91 (13.8)

68 (14.9)

23 (11.2)

91 (21.2)

53 (21.0)

38 (21.5)

CD4 cell counts at enrolment (cells/µl)g

 ≤350

307 (30.1)

182 (30.6)

102 (25.2)

80 (42.3)

125 (29.3)

65 (26.1)

60 (33.9)

 351–500

327 (32.1)

171 (28.8)

118 (29.1)

53 (28.0)

156 (36.6)

89 (35.7)

67 (37.9)

 501+

386 (37.8)

241 (40.6)

185 (45.7)

56 (29.6)

145 (34.0)

95 (38.2)

50 (28.2)

Viral loads at enrolment (cells/ml)h

 ≤1000 copies/ml

823 (77.7)

528 (81.6)

363 (81.2)

165 (82.5)

295 (71.6)

180 (75.3)

115 (66.5)

 >1000 copies/ml

236 (22.3)

119 (18.4)

84 (18.8)

35 (17.5)

117 (28.4)

59 (24.7)

58 (33.5)

  1. Number of participants with missing data: aDiabetes mellitus history—5, bRenal disease history—1, cMetabolic abnormalities study groups—74 patients who were ART naïve at enrolment, dRenal dysfunction study groups—74 patients who were ART naïve at enrolment, eBody Mass Index—22, fHaemoglobin—5, gCD4 cell counts at enrolment—75, hViral loads at enrolment-36; the 1059 included the 74 ART naïve individuals pending ART initiation
  2. NNRTI nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NNRTI non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor