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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients according to haemoglobin levels he patients according to haemoglobin levels

From: Severe anaemia in people with HIV: demographic, clinical and renal correlates

Variable

Total

Anaemia Status

P-value

No Anaemia

Mild-Mod

Severe

Age Mean SD

372

44.7 ±  12.1

45.4 ±  12.5

43.7 ± 13.9

0.464

Sex

    

< 0.001

Male

136

104 (76.5)

27 (19.9)

5 (3.7)

 

Female

234

72 (30.8)

132 (56.4)

30 (12.8)

 

Total

370

176

159

35

 

Regimen

n = 369

   

0.016

PI

46

25 (54.3)

18 (39.1)

4 (8.7)

 

INSTI

65

43 (66.2)

20 (30.8)

2 (3.1)

 

NNRTI

258

108 (40.3)

121 (47.5)

29 (11.2)

 

Total

369

176

159

35

 

Physical exercise

    

0.035

Yes

105

61 (58.1)

38 (36.2)

6 (5.7)

 

No

261

114 (41.1)

120 (46.7)

27 (10.3)

 

Total

366

175

158

33

 

Alcohol n = 366

 

0.002

Yes

210

117 (55.7)

76 (36.2)

17 (8.1)

 

No

159

59 (37.1)

82 (51.6)

18 (11.3)

 

total

369

176

158

35

 

Renal Insufficiency

n = 367

   

< 0.001

Normal

164

64 (39)

78 (47.6)

22 (13.4)

 

Mild

174

98 (56.3)

70 (40.2)

6 (3.4)

 

Moderate

27

12 (44.4)

15 (55.6)

0 (0)

 

Severe

2

0 (0)

1 (50)

1 (50)

 

Total

367

174

164

29

 

Alt U/L

361

15 (13, 27)

19.7 (16, 26)

16.9 (12, 26)

0.16

Albumin g/dl

288

42.4 (39, 46)

41.9 (37, 44)

40.7 (34, 43)

0.009

Ast U/L

365

31.1 (26, 40)

30.4 (24, 43)

30.8 (23, 40)

0.92

CD4 + t (cells/mL) m(IQR)

371

611 (394, 806)

665 (363, 906)

453 (325, 805)

0.009

Creatinine mg/dL

369

81.6 (70, 97)

76.8 (67, 90)

70.1 (66, 80)

0.002

Duration ART mo, m(IQR)

372

61 (8.5, 65.5)

66.5(31, 71)

64 (30.5, 73)

0.02

VL(copies/mL)

372

0 (0, 20190)

0 (0, 84)

20 (0, 91)

0.92

BMI kg/m2, m(IQR)

372

21.7 (18, 28)

22.1 (19, 24)

22.6 (20, 27)

0.77

MAP mmHg

372

87.2 (80, 99)

82.8 (79, 89)

84.3 (77, 92)

< 0.001

Weight m, IQR

372

55 (49, 70)

58.5 (52, 64)

63 (52, 69)

0.014

eGFR ml/min

369

80 (62, 92)

90 (80, 103)

99 (90, 116)

0.008

MCV fl.

371

98 (92.5, 103)

95.7(89, 101)

91 (71.8, 96.5)

0.051

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation for the continuous variables and frequency (percentage) for the categorical variables
  2. eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, FBS: Fasting blood sugar, VL: Viral load, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, NNRTI = non-nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (EFV = efavirenz and NVP = Nevirapine), PI = protease nhibitor (LPV/r = lopinavir/ritonavir and ATV/r = atazanavir/ritonavir), INSTI = integrase strand transfer inhibitor (DTG = dolutegravir), NRTI = nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor