Changes in Lipid Profiles of HIV⁺ Adults over Nine Months at a Harare HIV Clinic: A Longitudinal Study

Table 3

Comparison of lipid variables of ART naïve and ART experienced patients at baseline and follow-up.

	ART history
	ART naïve ()		ART experienced ()		Total ()
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Baseline TC/mmol/L	3.8	0.8	4.7	1.2	4.6	1.2	<0.001
Baseline HDL/mmol/L	1.0	0.2	1.3	0.4	1.2	0.4	<0.001
Baseline LDL/mmol/L	2.3	1.2	2.7	2.2	2.6	2.1	0.376
Baseline TC/HDL ratio	4.0	1.2	4.0	1.3	4.0	1.3	0.818
	ART history
	ART naïve ()		ART experienced ()		Total )
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Follow-up TC/mmol/L	3.7	0.8	4.0	1.2	4.0	1.1	0.001
Follow-up HDL/mmol/L	1.4	0.4	1.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	0.002
Follow-up LDL/mmol/L	2.6	0.8	2.5	0.99	2.5	0.96	0.118
Follow-up TC/HDL ratio	2.9	1.04	3.5	2.4	3.4	2.3	0.841

Note: SD: standard deviation; level of significance is set at ; from -test comparison of means; from comparisons using generalised linear models (GLM) time group estimates. Mean values, for all 171 patients with complete baseline and follow-up data; TC: total cholesterol; LDL: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; ART: antiretroviral therapy.