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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 397 study patients

From: Prediabetes among HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy: prevalence, diagnostic tests, and associated factors

Characteristics

Normal (n = 236)

Prediabetes (n = 133)

Diabetes (n = 28)

P-value

Age, years, mean ± SD

45.1 ± 10.3

49.4 ± 8.6

51.2 ± 6.9

< .001

Male gender, number (%)

123 (52.1)

82 (61.7)

16 (57.1)

0.206

Family history of diabetes, number (%)

75 (32.3)

42 (32.3)

20 (71.4)

< 0.001

History of smoking, number (%)

75 (31.9)

54 (41.5)

11 (39.3)

0.169

History of alcohol drinking, number (%)

129 (54.9)

89 (68.5)

16 (57.1)

0.039

Regular physical activity, number (%)

193 (82.8)

112 (84.9)

23 (82.1)

0.867

Sedentary behavior, hours per day, median (IQR)

5 (3–8)

5 (2–8)

4 (2–6)

0.340

Underlying diseases, number (%)

 Dyslipidemia

59 (25.1)

47 (35.6)

11 (39.3)

0.054

 Hypertension

20 (8.5)

29 (22.0)

12 (42.9)

< 0.001

 NAFLD

3 (1.3)

7 (5.3)

1 (3.6)

0.071

 Cancer

4 (1.7)

2 (1.5)

2 (7.1)

0.170

 Others*

6 (2.5)

5 (3.8)

1 (3.6)

0.559

 Duration of HIV infection, years, mean ± SD

11.4 ± 6.6

12.6 ± 5.8

12.9 ± 6.7

0.168

Type of ART regimen, number (%)

 NNRTI-containing

187 (79.6)

94 (70.7)

20 (71.4)

0.284

 PI-containing

43 (18.3)

33 (24.8)

8 (28.6)

0.097

 Duration of ART, years, mean ± SD

9.1 ± 5.2

10.4 ± 5.1

10.2 ± 5.2

0.079

 CD4 cell counts, cells/mm3, mean ± SD

549 ± 223

555 ± 247

694 ± 271

0.629

 Body weight, kg, mean ± SD

60.6 ± 13.0

62.8 ± 12.2

65.3 ± 10.4

0.076

 Body mass index, kg/m2, mean ± SD

22.7 ± 3.9

23.4 ± 3.9

24.1 ± 2.8

0.080

 Neck circumference, cm, mean ± SD

33.6 ± 3.6

35.1 ± 3.7

36.0 ± 3.7

<0.001

 Waist circumference, cm, mean ± SD

81.2 ± 9.9

84.5 ± 11.1

87.6 ± 7.1

<0.001

 Hip circumference, cm, mean ± SD

93.2 ± 7.0

94.7 ± 9.5

94.8 ± 5.5

0.178

 Alkaline phosphatase, U/L, mean ± SD

94.6 ± 33.8

87.3 ± 32.6

92.6 ± 34.2

0.511

 Aspartate transaminase, U/L, mean ± SD

32.4 ± 24.6

34.2 ± 17.1

38.7 ± 16.4

0.681

 Alanine transaminase, U/L, mean ± SD

35.1 ± 24.4

42.6 ± 34.8

57.2 ± 41.0

<0.001

 Albumin, g/L, mean ± SD

38.9 ± 2.8

38.2 ± 5.5

39.8 ± 2.9

0.485

 Total cholesterol, mg/dL, mean ± SD

200 ± 37

202 ± 48

227 ± 62

0.006

 HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL, mean ± SD

51 ± 14

48 ± 15

45 ± 9

0.028

 LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL, mean ± SD

125 ± 32

123 ± 38

143 ± 52

0.032

 Total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio, mean ± SD

4.1 ± 1.2

4.4 ± 1.5

5.1 ± 1.5

<0.001

 Triglycerides, mg/dL, mean ± SD

125 ± 81

186 ± 143

208 ± 122

<0.001

 Serum creatinine, mg/dL, mean ± SD

0.8 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.2

0.017

 eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2, mean ± SD

97.6 ± 17.6

91.6 ± 19.2

87.9 ± 17.9

0.001

 Hemoglobin, g/dL, mean ± SD

13.5 ± 1.7

13.9 ± 1.8

13.8 ± 2.4

0.104

 Hematocrit,  %, mean ± SD

39.6 ± 4.6

40.7 ± 5.0

41.0 ± 6.0

0.057

 Mean corpuscular volume (fL), mean ± SD

89.4 ± 12.9

90.5 ± 11.7

87.1 ± 12.8

0.407

 Anti-HCV positive, number (%) (n = 208)

4 of 128 (3.1)

6 of 64 (9.4)

1 of 16 (6.3)

0.138

  1. ART = antiretroviral therapy; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; HCV = hepatitis C virus; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; NAFLD = nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; NNRTI = non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI = protease inhibitor
  2. *Including cerebrovascular disease, coronary artery disease and chronic kidney disease
  3. Pairwise comparisons of the significant results by Tukey post hoc test
  4. Age: normal vs. prediabetes p < 0.001; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.004; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.628
  5. Neck circumference: normal vs. prediabetes p < 0.001; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.002; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.434
  6. Waist circumference: normal vs. prediabetes p = 0.011; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.006; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.316
  7. Alanine transaminase: normal vs. prediabetes p = 0.050; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.001; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.048
  8. Total cholesterol: normal vs. prediabetes p = 0.924; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.004; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.012
  9. HDL-cholesterol: normal vs. prediabetes p = 0.133; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.070; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.492
  10. LDL-cholesterol: normal vs. prediabetes p = 0.846; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.042; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.025
  11. Total cholesterol:/HDL-cholesterol: normal vs. prediabetes p = 0.052; normal vs. diabetes p < 0.001; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.038
  12. Triglyceride: normal vs. prediabetes p < 0.001; normal vs. diabetes p < 0.001; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.605
  13. Serum creatinine: normal vs. prediabetes p = 0.021; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.289; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.999
  14. eGFR: normal vs. prediabetes p = 0.008; normal vs. diabetes p = 0.023; prediabetes vs. diabetes p = 0.602