Heart Rate Variability in HIV Patients, Diabetics, and Controls: The AGATAA Study
Table 1
General characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors in the participants of the study including HIV people using or not treatment with HAART, diabetic, and controls.
HAART (%)
Naïve
Diabetes (%)
Controls (%)
Age (years)
43.6 (8.6)
42.0 (6.7)
49.1 (5.7)
42.4 (7.9)
<0.0001
Women (%)
9 (31)
10 (35.7)
23 (52.3)
14 (46.7)
0.26
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
25.8 (3.8)
26.2 (4.9)
30.6 (4.8)
29.3 (10.8)
0.005
Rest Heart rate (beats/min)
72.1 (10.4)
69.7 (10.8)
73.9 (11.9)
68.8 (16.1)
0.30
Waist circumference (cm)
90.4 (10.8)
86.9 (11.4)
99.5 (10.3)
89.2 (13.9)
<0.0001
Waist to hip ratio
0.9 (0.9)
0.9 (0.8)
0.9 (0.7)
0.9 (0.7)
<0.0001
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
124.7 (13.2)
118.1 (14.4)
127.8 (12.4)
119.7 (15.7)
0.01
Study years
0.34
0 (%)
1 (3.4)
0 (0)
1 (2.3)
0 (0)
1–8 years (%)
4 (10.7)
7 (25.0)
4 (9.4)
6 (20.0)
9–11 years (%)
12 (41.3)
11 (39.2)
24 (55.8)
3 (40.0)
>11 years (%)
12 (41.3)
10 (35.7)
12 (39.9)
12 (40.0)
Race
0.65
White
13 (44.8)
14 (50.0)
23 (52.3)
13 (43.3)
Mixed
10 (34.5)
12 (42.9)
14 (31.8)
14 (46.7)
Black
5 (17.2)
2 (7.1)
7 (15.9)
3 (10.0)
Others
1 (3.4)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (90)
Smoking
Current (%)
7 (38.9)
6 (42.9)
9 (30.0)
5 (33.3)
0.84
High blood pressure (mm Hg) (%)
12 (41.4)
8 (28.6)
36 (81.8)
8 (26.7)
<0.0001
Diabetes (%)
5 (17.2)
1 (3.6)
44 (100)
0 (0)
<0.0001
Dislipidemia (%)
27 (93.1)
23 (82.1)
36 (83.7)
22 (73.3)
0.25
HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy. Mean (standard deviation); High blood pressure defined by self-report medical history of hypertension or current treatment for hypertension or systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg; Diabetes defined by self-report medical history of diabetes or current treatment for diabetes or a 120 minutes glucose test ≥200 mg/dL; Dislipidemia defined as self-reported medical history of dislipidemia or current treatment for dislipidemia or LDL-cholesterol ≥130 mg/dL, HDL-cholesterol ≤40 mg/dL or triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL. Group HAART ≠ Group diabetes, ; Group naïve ≠ Group diabetes, ; Group diabetes ≠ Group control, ; Group HAART ≠ Group diabetes, ; Group naïve ≠ Group diabetes, ; Group HAART ≠ Group diabetes, ; Group naïve ≠ Group diabetes, ; Group diabetes ≠ Group control, ; Group HAART ≠ Group control, ; Group diabetes ≠ group control, ; group naïve ≠ group diabetes, . values for differences among the four categories applying F-test for continuous variables and or Chi-square for categorical variables.
