The Lipodystrophy Syndrome in HIV-Infected Children under Antiretroviral Therapy: A First Report from the Central Africa

Table 2

Distribution of lipodystrophy according to the type, location, and serostatus.

Type	HIV+ ARVs; n=80	Negative HIV; n= 80	Naive HIV+; n=65	p
Lipoatrophy	n=13(16.3)	n=0 (0)	n=14(21.5)	0.000
(i) Ball of Bichat	2 (2.5)	0(0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.124
(ii) Fabric Fonte
(a) Face	4 (5.0)	0(0.0)	6 (9.2)	0.007
(b) Members	4 (5.0)	0(0.0)	5 (7.7)	0.016
(c) buttocks	3 (3.8)	0(0.0)	3 (4.6)	0.085
Lipohypertrophy	n=12 (5.0)	n=3(3.8)	n=5 (7.7)	0.041
(i) neck	2 (2.5)	1 (1.2)	2 (3.0)	0.531
(ii) Buffalo humps	2 (2.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.124
(iii) Breast adiposity	2 (2.5)	1 (1.2)	1 (1.5)	0.824
(iv) Abdominal obesity	6 (7.5)	1 (1.2)	2 (3.0)	0.093
Mixed forms	3 (3.8)	0 (0.0)	2 (3.0)	0.105