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Table 1 Baseline characteristic of patients

From: Efficacy and improvement of lipid profile after switching to rilpivirine in resource limited setting: real life clinical practice

Characteristics

Total

(N = 320)

PI base

(n = 143)

NNRTI base

(n = 177)

p-value*

Age, years, median (IQR)

46 (41–50)

46 (41–50)

46 (41–50)

0.45

Male sex, n (%)

178 (55.63)

69 (48.25)

109 (61.58)

0.02

Baseline body weight, Kg, median (IQR)

61 (53–69)

61 (54–69)

61 (52–69)

0.83

Duration of HIV infection, year, median (IQR)

14 (11–18)

14 (11–19)

15 (11–18)

0.57

Duration of ART, years, median (IQR)

12 (8–16)

12 (9–17)

12 (5–16)

0.13

Duration of virological suppression, years, median (IQR)

8.6 (3.7–11.1)

8.6 (4.0–11.0)

8.7 (3.5–11.3)

0.90

Nadir CD4+ T-cell count, cells/μL, median (IQR)

210 (121–294)

203 (108–275)

221 (136–304)

0.16

Baseline CD4+ T-cell count, cells/μL, median (IQR)

674 (522–851)

696 (541–870)

649 (502–814)

0.09

Highest viral load before starting ART (n, %)

   

0.62

 < 100,000 copies/mL

151 (54.71)

71 (56.35)

80 (53.33)

 

 ≥ 100,000 copies/mL

125 (45.29)

55 (43.65)

70 (46.67)

 

HBsAg positive (n, %)

37 (11.78)

11 (7.80)

26 (15.03)

0.048

Anti-HCV positive (n, %)

13 (4.08)

9 (6.34)

4 (2.26)

0.09

Previous treatment regimens, n (%)

   

N/A

 EFV

158 (49.38)

0 (0)

158 (89.27)

 

 NVP

19 (5.94)

0 (0)

19 (10.73)

 

 SQV/r

24 (7.50)

24 (16.78)

0 (0)

 

 LPV/r

51 (15.94)

51 (35.66)

0 (0)

 

 ATV/r

62 (19.38)

62 (43.36)

0 (0)

 

 DRV/r

6 (1.88)

6 (4.20)

0 (0)

 

 Currently on treatment with TDF (n, %)

305 (95.31)

137 (95.8)

168 (94.92)

0.71

Baseline laboratory

    

 Chol (mg/dL), median (IQR)

210 (182–239)

205 (182–242)

211 (182–237)

0.90

 TG (mg/dL), median (IQR)

138 (94–206)

163 (103–224)

127 (85–192)

0.002

 HDL (mg/dL), median (IQR)

46 (38–53)

43 (38–51)

47 (39–55)

0.01

 LDL (mg/dL), median (IQR)

131 (107–153)

129 (106–153)

132 (107–154)

0.51

 ALT (mg/dL), median (IQR)

26 (19–39)

24 (19–37)

28 (21–41)

0.02

 eGFR(CKD-EPI) (mL/min/1.73 m2), median (IQR)

101.35 (88.02–109.19)

99.4 (84.1–107.99)

102.62 (92.66–110.72)

0.01

 Creatinine (mg/dL), median (IQR)

0.83 (0.72–0.96)

0.84 (0.70–0.97)

0.83 (0.72–0.95)

0.74

Reason for switching to RPV

   

< 0.001

 CNS toxicity

89 (28.25)

3 (2.11)

86 (49.71)

 

 Simplify regimen

128 (40.63)

108 (76.06)

20 (11.56)

 

 Dyslipidemia

70 (22.22)

21 (14.79)

49 (28.32)

 

 Gynecomastia form EFV

5 (1.59)

0 (0)

5 (2.89)

 

 EFV induce hepatitis

2 (0.63)

0 (0)

2 (1.16)

 

 LPV/r GI side effect

4 (1.27)

4 (2.82)

0 (0)

 

 Lipodystrophy

9 (2.86)

0 (0)

9 (5.20)

 

 ATV induce gall stone

1 (0.32)

1 (0.70)

0 (0)

 

 Other

7 (2.22)

5 (3.52)

2 (1.16)

 
  1. ART antiretroviral therapy, EFV efavirenz, NVP nevirapine, SQV/r ritonavir-boosted saquinavir, LPV/r ritonavir-boosted lopinavir, ATV/r ritonavir-boosted atazanavir, DVR/r ritonavir-boosted darunavir, TDF tenofovir, Chol cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, ALT alanine transaminase, eGFR estimated glomerular infiltration rate, IQR interquartile range
  2. * P-value by Wilcoxon signed-rank test or t-test