Table 3: Baseline values and relative change (∆ %) of muscle performance markers (1 year, n=25; 2 years, n=13).

1 Year HIV-M (n=15) HIV-W (n=10)
EXT FLX EXT FLX
Peak Torque (N.m-1) 153.5 (36.4) 88.1 (28.8) 119.1 (20.3) 58.5 (8.7)
Baseline vs 1 year (∆%) 4.2 * 12.2 * -2.6 -6.3
P-value 0.04 0.04 0.52 0.31
Average Power (watts) 88.2 (23.9) 45.7 (16.5) 70.9 (14.0) 34.8 (6.5)
Baseline vs 1 year (∆%) 0.5 8.2 -9.0 -12.7
P-value 0.34 0.14 0.10 0.09
Total Work (J) 1475 (380.6) 790.4 (271.9) 1183 (147.7) 613.1 (104.8)
Baseline vs 1 year (∆%) 3.8 17.4 -15.4 * -17.5 *
P-value 0.33 0.11 0.01 0.05
2 Years HIV-M (n=7) HIV-W (n=6)
EXT FLX EXT FLX
Peak Torque (N.m-1) 179.6 (29.8) 93.6 (22.3) 117.9 (18.0) 54.9 (8.1)
Baseline vs 1 year (∆%) -0.8 9.9 -1.6 -1.4
1 year vs 2 years (∆%) 3.2 -6.8 0.7 6.4
Baseline vs 2 years (∆%) 1.1 -2.2 -1.3 5.1
P-value 0.95 0.74 0.97 0.78
Average Power (watts) 109.4 (20.9) 59.3 (17.8) 70.2 (12.1) 30.1 (7.0)
Baseline vs 1 year (∆%) -7.3 -1.6 -9.7 1.0
1 year vs 2 years (∆%) 0.9 -3.5 2.0 4.9
Baseline vs 2 years (∆%) -7.0 -7.3 -7.6 5.6
P-value 0.69 0.54 0.47 0.90
Total Work (J) 1826 (331.2) 992.2 (342.4) 1194 (166.3) 539.6 (119.9)
Baseline vs 1 year (∆%) -7.2 2.5 -15.1 -4.8
1 year vs 2 years (∆%) 1.6 16.4 4.0 5.2
Baseline vs 2 years (∆%) -6.5 26.5 -12.0 0.2
P-value 0.76 0.84 0.22 0.84

Baseline data are shown as absolute values (±standard deviation) in bold and relative changes are summarized as average percent delta. *: Significant difference compared to baseline (P ≤ 0.05). HIV-M: men and HIV-W: women. EXT: Knee Extension; FLX: knee Flexion.