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Table 1 Characteristics of 1087 patients enrolled in the Cluster Project

From: Clusterization of co-morbidities and multi-morbidities among persons living with HIV: a cross-sectional study

Categorical variables

 

N = 1087

%

Gender

 Women

288

26.5

 Men

799

73.5

Caucasian

1010

92.9

Current smoker

561

51.6

Former smoker

209

19.2

HIV risk factor

 MSM

299

27.5

 IVDU

240

22.1

 Heterosexual intercourse

486

44.7

 Blood transfusion

7

0.6

 Other

55

5.1

CDC Stage

 A

495

45.5

 B

294

27.0

 C

278

25.6

 missing

20

1.8

ART naive

43

4.0

Cardiovascular events before enrolment

49

4.5

Multi-morbidity

612

56.3

Continuous variables

Mean or median

SD or IQR

Age (years)

47.9

10.8

BMI (Kg/m2)

24.7

4.1

Nadir CD4 (cells/mm3)

200.5

80.0–328.0

CD4 (cells/mm3)

634.0

430.0–824.0

Years since ART initiation

9.0

4.0–16.0

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

0.92

0.63

Glycemia (mg/dL)

93.0

20.9

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

186.1

41.5

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

118

84–178

eGFR (mL/min)

97.3

27.0

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, MSM men having sex with men, IVDU intravenous drug user, BMI body mass index, ART antiretroviral treatment, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate