Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Lipoatrophy in Patients with HIV Infection in Nigeria

Table 3

Prevalence, self-report, and pattern of lipoatrophy in the study participants.

Variable	Frequency	%
Prevalence of lipoatrophy	75/288	26.0
Gender distribution of lipoatrophy
Male	48	64.0
Female	27	36.0
Self-report of body fat loss	22/75	29.3
Body region affected^†
Face	52/75	69.3
Upper limbs	30/75	40.0
Lower limbs	22/75	29.3
Buttocks	25/75	33.3
Number of body regions affected
1	38/75	50.7
2	21/75	28.0
3	11/75	14.7
4	5/75	6.7
Worst severity score^‡
1	46/75	61.3
2	27/75	36.0
3	2/75	2.7

Values are overlapping, and ^‡HOPS grade: grade 1 (mild), grade 2 (moderate), and grade 3 (severe).