Table 1

Bivariable analysis of baseline characteristics of 703 study participants aged > 50 years and living with HIV included in the final analysis stratified by new-onset diabetes during follow-up

New-onset diabetes
(n=132)
No diabetes
(n=571)
P value
Sex at birth; n (%)
 Male120 (19)502 (81)0.368
 Female12 (15)69 (85)
Ethnicity; n (%)
 Asian14 (28)36 (72)0.132
 Black5 (21)19 (79)0.793
 Indigenous20 (25)61 (75)0.177
 Hispanic9 (29)22 (71)0.161
 White92 (18)423 (82)0.126
History of IDU; n (%)
 Yes53 (20)215 (80)0.620
 No79 (18)356 (82)
Heterosexual; n (%)
 Yes65 (21)239 (79)0.112
 No61 (16)312 (84)
Homosexual/bisexual; n (%)
 Yes59 (17)288 (83)0.279
 No67 (20)263 (80)
HCV antibody positive; n (%)
 Yes64 (21)235 (79)0.144
 No68 (17)333 (83)
HBV surface antigen positive; n (%)
 Yes11 (20)43 (80)0.720
  No107 (19)462 (81)
AIDS-defining illness at the end of follow-up; n (%)
 Yes44 (20)177 (80)0.604
 No88 (18)394 (82)
Calendar year of first ART; n (%)
 1997–199960 (30)140 (70)<0.001
 2000–200451 (27)137 (73)
 2005–200919 (9)182 (91)
 2010–20152 (2)112 (98)
Main class of first ART regimen; n (%)
 NNRTI30 (15)172 (85)0.003
 PI86 (19)374 (81)
 Others16 (39)25 (61)
Age at HIV diagnosis, years; n (%)
 <50 93 (19)407 (81)0.832
 ≥50 39 (19)164 (81)
Age at ART initiation, years; n (%)
 <50 88 (20)362 (80)0.546
 ≥50 44 (17)209 (83)
Latest weight during follow-up (kg); median (Q1–Q3)73 (66–86)72 (63–84)0.122
Latest BMI during follow-up (kg/m2); median (Q1–Q3)25 (22–28)24 (21–27)0.161
Latest hemoglobin during follow-up (g/dL); median (Q1–Q3)145 (130–157)142 (132–152)0.201
CD4 nadir (cells/mm3); median (Q1–Q3)80 (21–150)130 (40–230)<0.001
CD4 count at ART initiation (cells/mm3); median (Q1–Q3)180 (70–340)240 (120–370)0.016
Deceased as of 31 July 2015; n(%)
 Yes20 (21)74 (79)0.481
 No112 (18)497 (82)
  • Ethnic groups are not mutually exclusive and were unknown in some cases. Other first classes of ART regimen: NRTI only including zidovudine/lamivudine, stavudine/lamivudine, or other NRTI-only regimen (n=33; 80%) and regimens including both an NNRTI and a PI (n=8; 20%).

  • ART, antiretroviral therapy; BMI, body mass index; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; IDU, injection drug use; NNRTI, non-nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor; Q1–Q3, 25th and 75th percentile.