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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: HIV infection, and overweight and hypertension: a cross-sectional study of HIV-infected adults in Western Kenya

  

Number

Percentage

  

Number

Percentage

Age

18–19

1

0.4

Socioeconomic status

Poorest

63

25.1

20–29

32

12.7

Poor

62

24.7

30–39

104

41.4

Less poor

62

24.7

40 and older

114

45.4

Rich

63

25.1

Missing data

1

 

Sex

Male

82

32.7

Alcohol

No

223

86.7

Female

169

67.3

Education level

No education

11

4.4

Yes

24

9.7

Missing data

4

 

Low education

85

33.9

Smoke

No

242

96.4

Complete primary

117

46.6

Complete secondary

30

12.0

Yes

9

3.6

Higher education

8

3.2

Contraceptive use

No

71

28.3

Occupation

Not working

26

10.4

Yes

180

71.7

Housework

5

2.0

Missing data

4

 

Farmer

17

6.8

Opportunistic infection history

No

204

81.9

Fisherman

31

12.4

Office work

3

1.2

Yes

45

18.1

Engineer

1

0.4

Missing data

2

 

Small entrepreneur

125

49.8

Tuberculosis history

No

66

26.3

Tailor

7

2.8

Yes

185

73.7

Student

0

0.0

CD4 counts (cells/μl)

Less than 200

30

12.1

Other

36

14.3

On anti-retroviral therapy (ART)

No

0

0.0

Yes

251

100.0

200–499

113

45.4

500 and higher

106

42.6

ART duration

0–14 days

0

0.0

Missing data

2

 

14–55 days

1

0.4

Viral load (copies/ml)

Less than 150

206

82.4

56–181 days

0

0.0

182–364 days

13

5.2

150 and higher

44

17.6

365 days and more

237

94.4

Missing data

1

 

On protease inhibitors

No

214

85.3

WHO stage

1

51

20.3

Yes

36

14.3

2

71

28.3

Missing data

1

 

3

97

38.6

Protease inhibitor duration

0–539 days

7

2.8

4

29

11.6

Missing data

3

 

540 days and more

28

11.2

Missing data

1

 
  1. N number of study participants, n number of elements in a sample. Alcohol use and smoking were also asked as yes or no in the questionnaire. Contraceptive use: hormonal contraceptive use among women. WHO stage: WHO clinical staging of HIV/AIDS for adults and adolescents