Association between CD4 Cell Count and Blood Pressure and Its Variation with Body Mass Index Categories in HIV-Infected Patients

Table 2

Factors associated with hypertension in the study population.

Factor	Participants	Participants with HTN	value
Age (in years)
>40	78	35 (44.9%)	<0.001
≤40	122	22 (18.0%)
Gender
Male	60	26 (44.3%)	0.002
Female	140	31 (22.1%)
Family history of HTN
Yes	11	1 (9.1%)	0.142
No	189	56 (29.6%)
Smoking
Yes	11	6 (54.6%)	0.049
No	189	51 (27.0%)
Alcohol consumption
Yes	52	14 (26.9%)	0.767
No	148	43 (29.1%)
Physical exercise
Yes	42	12 (28.6%)	0.990
No	158	45 (28.5%)
BMI-defined overweight/obesity
Yes	81	32 (39.5%)	0.004
No	119	25 (21.0%)
WHR-defined overweight/obesity
Yes	89	24 (27.0%)	0.667
No	111	33 (29.7%)
HAART use
Yes	100	38 (38.0%)	0.003
No	100	19 (19.0%)
Duration of HIV infection (months)
>30	92	35 (38.0%)	0.006
≤30	108	22 (20.4%)

BMI: body mass Index, HTN: hypertension, and WHR: waist-to-hip ratio.