Predictors of Weight Change in Male HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Hanoi, Vietnam

Table 2

Characteristics measured at each study visit for 99 HIV-positive men recruited from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases (NHTD) in Hanoi, Vietnam.

	Study visit (Mean ± SD or N (%))
	Baseline (pre-ART) (𝑛=99)	6 month (𝑛=81)	12 month (𝑛=75)
Any drug use in last 6 months^1	47 (47%)	26 (33%)	22 (30%)
Injection drug use in last 6 months^1	24 (24%)	10 (13%)	8 (11%)
Alcohol^2
Nondrinker	52 (53%)	30 (38%)	23 (31%)
Light drinker	26 (27%)	36 (45%)	40 (54%)
Moderate or heavy drinker	20 (20%)	14 (18%)	11 (15%)
Food insecurity^2	5 (5%)	2 (3%)	3 (4%)
CD4 count (cells/μL)	96.7 ± 67.6	160.3 ± 114.7	194.6 ± 144.5
CD4 <200 cells/uL	88 (89%)	61 (75%)	46 (61%)
Log viral load (copies/mL)^3	4.9 ± 1.0	2.1 ± 1.0	1.9 ± 0.8
Viral load <1000 copies (%)^3	7 (7%)	70 (86%)	67 (92%)
Weight (kg)	52.9 ± 7.1	56.5 ± 7.8	57.3 ± 8.0
BMI (kg/m^2)	19.1 ± 2.1	20.4 ± 2.3	20.8 ±2.3
BMI categories
< 17.0 kg/m^2	15 (15%)	4 (5%)	0 (0%)
17.0 to <18.5 kg/m^2	24 (24%)	15 (19%)	13 (17%)
18.5 to <20 kg/m^2	26 (26%)	22 (27%)	16 (21%)
≥ 20.0 kg/m^2	34 (34%)	40 (49%)	46 (61%)
Bothersome nausea^1	46 (46%)	11 (14%)	15 (20%)
Bothersome Diarrhea^1	20 (20%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)
Bothersome fever^1	62 (63%)	12 (15%)	13 (18%)
Energy intake (kcals/day)^4	2108 ± 755	2015 ± 799	2192 ± 780
Excellent/Very Good Adherence to ART^5	—	60 (76%)	51 (69%)

¹𝑛=80 for 6 month visit and 𝑛=74 for 12 month visit.
²𝑛=98 for baseline, 𝑛=80 for 6 month visit, and 𝑛=74 for 12 month visit.
³𝑛=73 for 12 month visit.
⁴𝑛=69 for 12 month visit.
⁵𝑛=79 for 6 month visit and 74 for 12 month visit.