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Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics and serum biomarker values

From: Nutrition and inflammation serum biomarkers are associated with 12-week mortality among malnourished adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in Zambia

Participant demographics and clinical characteristics   
N 142
Female, n (%) 87 (61%)
Age, median years (IQR) 32 (28, 38)
Weight, median kg (IQR) 46 (41, 51)
BMI, median kg/m2 (IQR) 16 (15, 19)
CD4+count, median cells/mm3L (IQR) 34 (21, 47)
Hemoglobin, median g/dL (IQR) 9.8 (8.8, 11.6)
Baseline serum biomarker levels   
Phosphate, median mmol/L (IQR) 1.26 (1.03, 1.42) [range 0.4-2.3]
Albumin, median g/L (IQR) 29.5 (23.9, 33.2) [range 13.1-49.5]
Ferritin, median μg/L (IQR) 221 (59, 485) [range 4-1332]
hsCRP, median mg/L (IQR) 2.8 (1.1, 15.2) [range 0.2-58.3]
ART regimen, n (%)   
   ZDV/3TC/EFV 8 (6%)
   ZDV/3TC/NVP 34 (24%)
   d4T/3TC/EFV 15 (11%)
   d4T/3TC/NVP 62 (44%)
   TDF/FTC/EFV 4 (3%)
   TDF/FTC/NVP 19 (13%)
  1. Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; BMI, body mass index; hsCRP, highly sensitive C-reactive protein; IQR, interquartile range; 3TC, lamivudine; d4T, stavudine; EFV, efavirenz; FTC, emtricitabine; NVP, nevirapine; TDF; tenofovir; ZDV, zidovudine