Research Article
Association between CD4 Cell Count and Blood Pressure and Its Variation with Body Mass Index Categories in HIV-Infected Patients
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
| | Characteristic | Participants |
| | Age in years | 39.1 ± 9.4 | | Females, (%) | 140 (70%) | | Married, (%) | 89 (44.5%) | | Unskilled occupation, (%) | 26 (13%) | | Northwest region, (%) | 88 (44%) | | BMI in Kg/m2 (mean ± SD) | 24.1 ± 2.9 | | BMI-defined overweight and obesity (prevalence, %) | 40.5% | | BMI categories | | | Underweight | 2 (1.0%) | | Normal | 117 (58.5%) | | Overweight | 81 (40.5%) | | WHR (mean ± SD) | 0.86 ± 0.06 | | WHR-defined abdominal obesity (prevalence, %) | 44.5% | | Hypertension in mmHg (prevalence, % (95%CI)) | 28.5% (22.4–35.3) | | Systolic blood pressure (mean ± SD) | 128 ± 20 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mean ± SD) | 79 ± 13 | | Duration of HIV infection in months, median (IQR) | 22 (1–68) | | CD4 cell count in cells/μL, median (IQR) | 271 (130–408) | | WHO clinical stage, (%) | | | Stage I | 23 (11.5%) | | Stage II | 62 (31.0%) | | Stage III | 98 (49.0%) | | Stage IV | 17 (8.5%) |
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