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

Table 4

Association between CD4 and hypertension across BMI categories, .

BMI groups and CD4 categories	Hypertension	Odds ratios (95% CI)
All participants
<350	15/78 (19%)	1	0.006
≥350	19/45 (42%)
Normal BMI
<350	8/55 (15%)	1	0.066
≥350	7/21 (33%)	2.94 (0.87–9.87)
Overweight
<350	7/22 (32%)	1	0.211
≥350	12/24 (50%)	2.14 (0.62–7.38)
MH controlled for BMI	-		0.032

Chi-square test. Crude odds ratio. Mantel Haenszel pooled odds ratios, the test of homogeneity of odds ratios, and .