Research Article
Prevalence of Hypogonadism and Associated Risk Factors among Newly Diagnosed ART Naïve HIV-Infected Males in Mwanza, Tanzania
Table 2
Reported symptoms of hypogonadism and clinical characteristics of the 388 study participants.
| Symptom/clinical characteristics | Frequency (n)/median | Percent (%)/IQR |
| Median CD4+ count | 301.5 | (169.0–410.5) | CD4+ count category | | | <200 | 80 | 29.0 | 200–350 | 85 | 30.8 | >350 | 111 | 40.2 | Clinical stage | | | Stage 1 | 246 | 63.4 | Stage 2 | 58 | 15.0 | Stage 3 | 62 | 16.0 | Stage 4 | 22 | 5.7 | Decrease libido | | | Yes | 171 | 44.1 | No | 217 | 55.9 | Erectile dysfunction | | | Yes | 59 | 15.2 | No | 329 | 84.8 | Depression | | | Yes | 154 | 39.7 | No | 234 | 60.3 | Weight gain | | | Yes | 6 | 1.5 | No | 382 | 98.5 | Weight loss | | | Yes | 281 | 72.4 | No | 107 | 27.6 | Fatigue | | | Yes | 297 | 76.5 | No | 91 | 23.5 | Breast enlargement | | | Yes | 3 | 0.8 | No | 385 | 99.2 |
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Number of participants N = 276. |