Table 2: Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the VACH Cohort Population According to Current Usage of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Drug Classes

NRTI Only Combination with Combination with Combination with PI Total p
(n = 233) NNRTI (n = 1094) PI (n = 990) Plus NNRTI (n = 41) (n = 2358)
Age > 45 years male, 33 (14.2%) 244 (22.3%) 142 (14.4%) 7 (17.1%) 426 (18.1%) 0.0001
> 55 female, [10.0%,19.3%] [19.9%,24.9%] [12.2%,16.7%] [7.2%,32.1%] [16.5%,19.7%]
(%) [95%CI] &          
Body mass index 24.1 23.82 23.56 23.56 23.82 0.0700
median [IQR] [22.28,26.22] [21.81,25.59] [21.52,25.56] [21.05,25.95] [21.75,25.67]
Body mass index > 30 kg/m2 9 (3.9%) 29 (2.7%) 41 (4.1%) 3 (7.3%) 82 (3.5%) 0.1428
[95%CI] [1.8%,7.2%] [1.8%,3.8%] [3.0%,5.6%] [1.5%,19.9%] [2.8%,4.3%]
Current smoker, 146 (62.7%) 588 (53.7%) 641 (64.7%) 22 (53.7%) 1397 (59.2%) <0.0001
(%) [95%CI] [56.1%,68.9%] [50.7%,56.7%] [61.7%,67.7%] [37.4%,69.3%] [57.2%,61.2%]
Family story of CVD 30 (12.9%) 157 (14.4%) 116 (11.7%) 3 (7.3%) 306 (13.0%) 0.2227
(%) [95%CI] [8.9%,17.9%] [12.3%,16.6%] [9.8%,13.9%] [1.5%,19.9%] [11.6%,14.4%]
Previous CVD 7 (3.0%) 17 (1.6%) 16 (1.6%) 0 (0.0%) 40 (1.7%) 0.352
(%) [95%CI] [1.2%,6.1%] [0.9%,2.5%] [0.9%,2.6%] [0.0%,7.0%] [1.2%,2.3%]
Hypertension 50 (21.5%) 272 (24.9%) 212 (21.4%) 5 (12.2%) 539 (22.9%) 0.0886
(%) [95%CI] & [16.4%,27.3%] [22.3%,27.5%] [18.9%,24.1%] [4.1%,26.2%] [21.2%,24.6%]
Diabetes mellitus, 21 (9.0%) 98 (9.0%) 52 (5.3%) 1 (2.4%) 172 (7.3%) 0.0046
(%) [95%CI] [5.7%,13.4%] [7.3%,10.8%] [3.9%,6.8%] [0.1%,12.9%] [6.3%,8.4%]
Total cholesterol (mmol/l), 4.56 4.97 4.82 5.85 4.87 <0.0001
median [IQR] [3.83,5.13] [4.20,5.78] [4.12,5.65] [4.61,6.94] [4.12,5.67]
Total cholesterol > 6.2 mmol/l, 11 (4.7%) 172 (15.7%) 145 (14.6%) 18 (43.9%) 346 (14.7%) <0.0001
(%) [95%CI] [2.4%,8.3%] [13.6%,18.0%] [12.5%,17.0%] [28.5%,60.3%] [13.3%,16.2%]
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l), 1.09 1.27 1.17 1.19 1.19 <0.0001
median [IQR] [0.88,1.32] [1.01,1.58] [0.93,1.45] [1.04,1.55] [0.96,1.48]
HDL cholesterol < 0.9 mmol/l, 60 (25.8%) 157 (14.4%) 216 (21.8%) 6 (14.6%) 439 (18.6%) <0.0001
(%) [95%CI] [20.3%,31.9%] [12.3%,16.6%] [19.3%,24.5%] [5.6%,29.2%] [17.1%,20.2%]
TC/HDL ratio 4.2 3.87 4.17 4.72 4.05 <0.0001
[3.13,5.19] [3.07,4.95] [3.18,5.30] [3.68,5.77] [3.13,5.13]
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 2.51 2.9 2.75 3.44 2.81 <0.0001
median [IQR] & [1.94,3.21] [2.23,3.63] [2.05,3.55] [2.38,4.35] [2.10,3.57]
LDL cholesterol > 4.14 mmol/l, 11 (4.8%) 142 (13.0%) 122 (12.4%) 12 (29.3%) 287 (12.2%) <0.0001
(%) [95%CI] & [2.4%,8.4%] [11.1%,15.2%] [10.4%,14.6%] [16.1%,45.5%] [10.9%,13.6%]
Triglycerides (mmol/l), 4.56 4.97 4.82 5.85 4.87 <0.0001
median [IQR] [3.83,5.13] [4.20,5.78] [4.12,5.65] [4.61,6.94] [4.12,5.67]
Triglycerides > 2.3 mmol/l, 58 (24.9%) 239 (21.8%) 294 (29.7%) 20 (48.8%) 611 (25.9%) <0.0001
(%) [95%CI] [19.5%,31.0%] [19.4%,24.4%] [26.9%,32.7%] [32.9%,64.9%] [24.2%,27.7%]
Lipodystrophy, 41 (17.6%) 200 (18.3%) 168 (17.0%) 11 (26.8%) 420 (17.8%) 0.4027
(%) [95%CI] [12.9%,23.1%] [16.0%,20.7%] [14.7%,19.5%] [14.2%,42.9%] [16.3%,19.4%]

Descriptive statistics are n (%) [95%CI] for qualitative, and median [IQR] for qualitative variables. NRTI = nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, NNRTI = non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, PI = protease inhibitors, CVD = cardiovascular disease, LDL = low density lipoprotein, HDL = high density lipoprotein, TC = total cholesterol. &Percentage of missingness < 1%; null percentage for the rest of variables.