Research Article
Renal Dysfunction among HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy at Muhimbili National Hospital (N = 287).
| Characteristics | n (mean ± SD) Median, range | % |
| Gender of the respondents | | | Female | 207 | 72.1 | Education level | | | No formal education | 5 | 1.7 | Lower education level | 249 | 86.8 | Higher education level | 33 | 11.5 | Marital status | | | Single | 71 | 24.7 | Married/cohabiting | 129 | 45.0 | Divorced | 87 | 30.3 | ART regimen | | | Tenofovir-based ART regimens | 249 | 86.8 | Non-tenofovir-based ART regimens | 38 | 13.2 | Age in years (mean ± SD) | 46.51 ± 10.8 | | CD4 count (mean ± SD) | 516 ± 303 | | Median | 464 | | Range | 6–1839 | | Viral load (mean ± SD) | 170284 ± 2328694 | | Median | 50 | | Range | 20-39237898 | | Hypertensive | 71 | 24.7 | Systolic blood pressure (mean ± SD) | 122 ± 21 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mean ± SD) | 78 ± 13 | | Diabetic | 12 | 4.18 | Random blood glucose (mean ± SD) | 5.8 ± 2.5 | | Median | 5.3 | | Range | 2–23 | | Albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) (mean ± SD) | 42 ± 52.5 | | Median | 20 | | Range | 2–300 | | eGFR value (mean ± SD) | 97.5 ± 24 | | Median | 101 | | Range | 6–154 | |
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