Research Article
Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors among 34,111 HAART Naïve HIV-Infected Adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Table 3
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with hypertension.
| | Parameter | All
= 34,111 | Normotensive
(%) | Hypertensive
(%) | value |
| | Age (years) | | | | <0.001 | | <30 | 7760 | 7131 (91.9%) | 629 (8.1%) | | | 30–39 | 14877 | 3289 (89.3%) | 1588 (10.7%) | | | 40–49 | 7964 | 6756 (84.8%) | 1208 (15.2%) | | | ≥50 | 3317 | 2505 (75.5%) | 813 (24.5%) | | | Gender | | | | <0.001 | | Male | 11199 | 8423 (75.2%) | 2776 (24.8%) | | | Female | 22912 | 21409 (93.4%) | 1503 (6.6%) | | | BMI-defined obesity | | | | <0.001 | | Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) | 9235 | 8643 (93.6%) | 592 (6.4%) | | | Normal (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 18160 | 15884 (87.5%) | 2276 (12.5%) | | | Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m2) | 4322 | 3440 (79.6%) | 882 (20.4%) | | | Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) | 1693 | 1228 (72.5%) | 465 (27.5%) | | | CD4+ cell count (cells/µL) | | | | <0.001 | | <350 | 23050 | 20414 (88.6%) | 2636 (11.4%) | | | 350–<500 | 3748 | 3177 (84.8%) | 571 (15.2%) | | | ≥500 | 3720 | 3120 (83.9%) | 600 (16.1%) | | | WHO clinical disease stage | | | | <0.001 | | Stage I | 4910 | 3982 (81.1%) | 928 (18.9%) | | | Stage II | 6228 | 5234 (84.0%) | 994 (16.0%) | | | Stage III | 15128 | 13392 (88.5%) | 1736 (11.5%) | | | Stage IV | 6686 | 6139 (91.8%) | 547 (8.2%) | | | History of TB | | | | <0.001 | | Yes | 7739 | 6993 (90.4%) | 746 (9.6%) | | | No | 25539 | 22097 (86.5%) | 3442 (13.5%) | | | Current TB/HIV coinfection | | | | <0.001 | | Yes | 3245 | 2940 (90.6%) | 305 (9.4%) | | | No | 30246 | 26345 (87.1%) | 3901 (12.9%) | |
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BMI: body mass index; CD4+: cluster of differentiation 4; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; TB: tuberculosis; WHO: World Health Organization.
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