Renal Dysfunction among HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy at Muhimbili National Hospital (N = 287).

Characteristics	n (mean ± SD); Median, range	%
Gender of the respondents
Female	207	72.1
Education level
No formal education	5	1.7
Lower education level	249	86.8
Higher education level	33	11.5
Marital status
Single	71	24.7
Married/cohabiting	129	45.0
Divorced	87	30.3
ART regimen
Tenofovir-based ART regimens	249	86.8
Non-tenofovir-based ART regimens	38	13.2
Age in years (mean ± SD)	46.51 ± 10.8
CD4 count (mean ± SD)	516 ± 303
Median	464
Range	6–1839
Viral load (mean ± SD)	170284 ± 2328694
Median	50
Range	20-39237898
Hypertensive	71	24.7
Systolic blood pressure (mean ± SD)	122 ± 21
Diastolic blood pressure (mean ± SD)	78 ± 13
Diabetic	12	4.18
Random blood glucose (mean ± SD)	5.8 ± 2.5
Median	5.3
Range	2–23
Albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) (mean ± SD)	42 ± 52.5
Median	20
Range	2–300
eGFR value (mean ± SD)	97.5 ± 24
Median	101
Range	6–154