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

Table 5

Association between CD4 cell count and hypertension after controlling for confounders.

Factor and categories	Adjusted odds	95% confidence interval
CD4 cell count (≥350/<350)	1.66	0.48–5.71	0.419
Age (>40/≤40 years)	1.76	0.70–4.39	0.229
Gender (Male/Female)	2.77	1.09–7.03	0.032
Family History of HTN (Yes/No)	0.34	0.03–3.69	0.373
BMI-defined obesity (Yes/No)	2.75	1.09–6.91	0.031
HAART (Yes/No)	1.32	0.21–8.29	0.765
HIV duration (>30/≤30)	1.30	0.21–7.96	0.773

Odds ratio adjusting for all variables on the table; values for the Wald test statistic. BMI: body mass index, HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy, and HTN: hypertension.