Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 3 Factors associated with malnutrition at baseline: bivariate associations

From: Nutritional status of HIV-infected patients during the first year HAART in two West African cohorts

	BMI < 18.5			Anemia			HypoALB ^¥
	N	%	P*	N	%	P	N	%	P
ATARAO
Sex			0.788			0.055			0.773
Men	74	35.1		74	50.0		71	46.5
Women	176	36.9		176	63.1		169	48.5
Age (years)			0.186			0.531			0.151
<25	27	51.9		27	70.4		25	60.0
25-29	45	37.8		45	62.2		45	53.3
30-39	105	32.4		105	52.4		99	44.4
≥40	73	36.4		73	63.0		71	45.1
BMI (kg/m²)						0.000			0.052
≤16	-			32	75.0		31	53.3
16-18.5	-			58	81.0		55	62.5
18.5-25	-			140	50.0		142	44.8
≥25				20	35.0		22	41.2
Albumin (g/dl)			0.015			0.007
≤2.5	52	50.0		52	71.2		-
2.5-3.5	63	35.5		63	65.1		-
3.5-4.2	38	31.6		38	60.5		-
>4.2	87	28.7		87	49.4		-
Hemoglobin (g/dl)			0.000						0.024
<8	21	61.9		-			97	40.2
8-9.5	43	53.5		-			77	49.4
9.5-11	79	41.8		-			41	61.0
>11	103	21.4		-			21	57.1
CD4 (cells/mm³)			0.001			0.002			0.009
<100	93	47.3		93	66.7		90	55.6
100-200	53	28.3		53	66.0		50	50.0
200-350	86	25.6		86	54.7		82	45.1
>350	18	16.7		18	22.2		18	16.7
ANRS
Sex			0.132			0.000
Men	148	35.1		166	47.6		-
Women	172	27.3		203	68.0		-
Age (years)			0.777			0.305
<25	15	26.7		19	68.4		-
25-29	50	30.0		56	64.3		-
30-39	120	35.0		145	56.6		-
≥40	135	28.1		149	57.7		-
BMI (kg/m²)						0.002
≤16	-			31	80.6		-
16-18.5	-			67	68.7		-
18.5-25	-			189	53.4		-
≥25	-			30	53.3		-
Hemoglobin (g/dl)			0.013
<8	23	43.5		-			-
8-9.5	61	36.1		-			-
9.5-11	99	35.4		-			-
>11	137	23.1		-			-
CD4 (cells/mm³)			0.017			0.000
<100	136	38.2		154	69.5		-
100-200	88	30.7		104	55.8		-
200-350	71	18.3		85	45.9		-
>350	19	31.6		19	42.1		-

* Obtained by trend test (linear by linear association chi² statistic).
¥ Albumin (ALB) was only available in ATARAO.
Bold data = p < 0.05.

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