Research Article
The Lipodystrophy Syndrome in HIV-Infected Children under Antiretroviral Therapy: A First Report from the Central Africa
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| | | HIV-INFECTED+ ART
n=80 | Naive HIV-INFECTED
n=65 | Negative HIV
n=80 |
| | Gender n, () | | | | | Boys | 39 (48.6) | 33 (50.8) | 39 (48.6) | | Girls | 41 (51.4) | 32 (49.2) | 41 (51.4) | | Clinical stages n,() | | | | | Stage A | 0 (0) | 62 (95.4) | 0 (0) | | Stage B | 66 (82.5) | 3 (4.6) | 0 (0) | | Stage C | 14 (17.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | Stage D | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | BMI (kg/m2)n, () | | | | | Wasting < 15 | 23 (28.8) | 22 (33.8) | 10 (12.5) | | Thinness (15-18.4 | 34 (42.5) | 34 (52.3) | 27 (33.8) | | Normal ( 18.5-24.9) | 22 (27.5) | 9 (13.8) | 42 (52.5) | | Overweight (25-29.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | Obesity ≥30 | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (1.2) | | Triceps skinfoldn,() | | | | | P< 50 | 66 (82.5) | 57 (87.7) | 30 (37.5) | | P 50-90 | 13 (16.3) | 8 (12.3) | 49 (61.3) | | P>90 | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) |
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