Physical growth and sexual maturation of perinatally HIV-infected adolescent males in a southeast Nigerian tertiary hospital: a comparative cross-sectional study

Table 2 Comparison of the anthropometric variables between the HIV-infected subjects and HIV-negative controls

Variables	Subjects (n = 104)	Controls (n = 104)	Test statistic	p-value	Mean difference	95% CI of mean difference
Mean height (cm)^†	154.93 ± 14.78	157.16 ± 10.77	t= −1.24	0.22	−2.23	−5.77-1.30
Mean weight (kg)^‡	44.60 ± 13.32	49.97 ± 13.58	t= −2.88	0.004*	−5.36	−9.04- 1.69
Mean BMI^∞	18.58 ± 3.78	20.82 ± 4.03	t= −4.15	< 0.001 *	−2.24	−0.39-0.49
HAZ ^ξ	−1.16 ± 0.92	−0.98 ± 0.83	t= −1.54	0.13	−0.19	−0.43-0.05
BAZ ^§	−0.96 ± 1.95	−0.10 ± 0.86	t= -4.10	< 0.001*	−1.85	−2.56-1.14

HIV, Human immune-deficiency virus CI, Confidence interval BMI, body mass index HAZ, Height-for-age Z score BAZ, Body mass index-for-age Z score t, independent t-test *Statistically significant ^†Effect size = 0.21 ^‡Effect size = 0.40 ^ξ Effect size = 0.22 ^§Effect size = 1^∞Effect size = 0.56

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