Lipid Profile in Tuberculosis Patients with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Table 1
Baseline study population characteristics.
Characteristics
HIV+TB+ ()
HIV−TB+ ()
HIV+TST+ ()
HIV−TST+ ()
HIV−TST− ()
value
Demographic data
Median age, years
39 ± 13.8
Female, (%)
21 (48)
24 (49)
8 (47)
11 (46)
12 (48)
Median of BMI, kg/m2 (IQR)
26.5 (24–28)
27 (23.5–28)
27 (23–29)
27 (24.5–29)
28 (26–30)
Nutritional status
Severe malnutrition, (%)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Moderate malnutrition, (%)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Mild malnutrition, (%)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Normal, (%)
13 (30)
16 (33)
7 (41)
6 (25)
4 (16)
Overweight, (%)
31 (70)
33 (67)
10 (59)
18 (75)
21 (84)
CD4+ T cell count
Median CD4+ count (IQR)
180 (112–239.5)
234 (146–345)
200 (146–267)
333 (234– 478)
345 (234–401)
0.0001
Median CD4+ T cell count ≤ 200, (%)
24 (42)
19 (33)
6 (11)
3 (5)
5 (9)
0.003
Data indicate medians ± standard deviations unless stated otherwise. BMI cutoff of <18. Kg/m2 was used to define underweight. A CD4+ T cell count cutoff of <200 cells/µl was used to define lymphocytopenia, (%): number of patients (percentage of patients); BMI: Body Mass Index.