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Relationship between Younger Age, Autoimmunity, Cardiometabolic Risk, Oxidative Stress, HAART, and Ischemic Stroke in Africans with HIV/AIDS

Table 1

Association between waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), fasting glucose, hematocrit, pulse pressure, and ischemic stroke among HIV/AIDS patients.
Variables of interestPresence of ischemic stroke mean ± SDAbsence of ischemic stroke mean ± SDP value
WC (cm)119.6 ± 5.898.7 ± 19.2<.0001
HC (cm)118.8 ± 5.1105.8 ± 16.6.002
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)140.4 ± 10.9116.4 ± 36.9.010
Hematocrit (%)39.6 ± 0.0432.9 ± 7.8<.001
Pulse pressure (mmHg)86.1 ± 847.1 ± 16.4<.0001
CD4+ count (cells/mm3)107.6 ± 1.7207.6 ± 179.4.024
Viral load132.103  ± 12.103132.103  ± 258.031.000
WC: waist circumference; HC:hip circumference.