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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Correlates of fasting blood glucose among children living with hiv in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: a cross-sectional study

Variables

n(%)

Mean(S.D)

95% CI

Mean Age (years)

 

12.4(3.5)

11.7-13.1

Age Group

  Pre-adolescence

20(23.8)

  

  Adolescence

64(76.2)

  

Gender

   

  Male

42(50.0)

  

  Female

42(50.0)

  

Family History of DM

  Negative

74(88.1)

  

  Positive

10(11.9)

  

  Mean Age at Diagnosis

 

5.6(3.9)

4.8-6.4

  Mean Duration of Illness (years)

 

6.9(3.3)

6.2-7.6

  Age at Initiation of HAART

 

5.9(4.0)

5.1-6.7

  Mean Duration on HAART

 

6.5(3.2)

5.8-7.2

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)

 

Overall= 88.3 (9.9)

86.2-90.4

 

Males =  86.8 (8.2)

85.8-90.8

 

Females = 89.9 (11.2)

86.5-93.3

 

PA= 85.0 (2.2)

80.7-89.3

 

Adolesc = 89.4 (1.2)

87.0-91.8

  High Normal

55 (65.5)

  

  Moderate Normal

26 (31.0)

  

  Impaired Fasting Glucose

3(3.6)

  

Type of HAART Regimen

  PI-based

 8  (9.5)

  

  NNRTI-based

76  (90.5)

  
  1. NB: HAART Highly-active anti-retroviral therapy, NNRTI Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, PI Protease inhibitors, gender vs. FBG (p=0.17),Age category vs. FBG (p=0.08), DM Diabetes Mellitus, PA Pre-adolescence, Adolesc Adolescence