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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