Overweight and Obesity among Recipients of Antiretroviral Therapy at HIV Clinics in Gaborone, Botswana: Factors Associated with Change in Body Mass Index

Table 3

ART recipients’ BMI status at the first and last clinic visits at Princess Marina Hospital and Bontleng anti-retroviral therapy clinics in Botswana ().

BMI status (kg/m^2)	Number and proportion of patients		McNemar test -value
	First clinic visit, (%)	Last clinic visit, (%)
Underweight	80 (15.1)	44 (8.3)	<0.001
Normal BMI	337 (63.5)	233 (43.9)	<0.001
Overweight	72 (13.6)	153 (28.8)	<0.001
Obesity	42 (7.9)	88 (16.6)	<0.001
Morbidly-obese	0 (0.0)	13 (2.4)	—
Overweight/obesity	114 (21.5)	241 (45.4)	<0.001
Obesity/morbidly-obese	42 (7.9)	101 (19.0)	<0.001

ART = antiretroviral therapy; BMI = body mass index; First clinic visit = when patients were enrolled in the study or before initiation on ART; Last clinic visit = after initiation on ART; significant difference; Overweight/obesity = recipients with a BMI of overweight or any category of obesity.