Table 2: Baseline and relative changes (∆%) in clinical conditions and body composition in women.

Variables 1 Year (n=10) 2 Years (n=7)
Baseline ∆% Baseline vs
1 Year
P-Value Baseline ∆% Baseline vs
1 Year
∆% 1 vs
2 Years
∆% Baseline vs
2 Years
P-Value
Age (years old) 50.3 (5.3) 52.0 (4.4)
Time of HIV infection (months) 157.3 (68.2) 188.0 (55.6)
Time of HAART (months) 121.3 (43.4) 148.0 (24.7)
T CD4+ (cell/mm³) 724.8 (393.2) 1.9% 0.82 786.2 (307.2) 10.8% -6.9% 4.2% 0.98
Body Composition
Body weight (kg) 56.2 (10.4) 1.3% 0.09 59.4 (10.7) -0.2% 1.6% 1.4% 0.48
BMI (kg/m2) 23.1 (3.8) -1.5% 0.54 24.1 (3.7) -2.9 1.6% -1.2% 0.60
SMM (kg) 36.9 (3.8) 1.4% 0.06 38.7 (4.3) -1.4% -0.4% -1.9% 0.71
ASM (kg) 16.3 (2.0) 0.4% 0.71 17.0 (2.2) -1.4% 0.5% -0.9% 0.68
Body fat (%) 30.5 (7.5) -1.0% 0.59 30.9 (7.5) 3.0% 6.7% 9.6% 0.29
Trunk fat (%) 33.3 (8.7) -1.5% 0.45 34.3 (7.5) 2.9% 7.4% 10.0% 0.30
Fat mass (kg) 16.8 (8.3) 0.6% 0.80 18.2 (8.3) 3.0% 9.1% 11.9% 0.24
BMD (%) 1.01 (0.1) -0.0% 0.69 1.01 (0.1) -2.1% 0.0% -2.0% 0.17
Muscle Mass Indexes
ASM index (kg/m2) 6.5 (0.7) 0.4% 0.78 6.6 (0.8) -0.8% 0.5% -0.3% 0.98
SMM index (kg/m2) 6.9 (0.8) 0.5% 0.71 7.1 (0.9) -0.8% 0.3% -0.4% 0.99

Baseline values shown as mean (standard deviation) and variations as average percent delta (∆%). BMI: body mass index, ASM: appendicular skeletal muscle mass, SMM: total skeletal muscle mass, BMD: bone mineral density, ASM index: Appendicular skeletal muscle mass index adopted for sarcopenia cut-off points (Baumgartner et al. [26]), SMM index: Total skeletal muscle mass index adopted for sarcopenia cut-off points (Janssen et al. [27]).