Impaired renal function and associated risk factors in newly diagnosed HIV-infected adults in Gulu Hospital, Northern Uganda

Table 4 Characteristics of study participants at screening by degree of renal impairment

Variable, N = 361	Mean ± SD of variables		Mean ± SD	P value
Variable, N = 361	Decreased eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m ²	Normal eGFR ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m ²	Mean ± SD	P value
Age (years)	35.1 ± 8.6	30.7 ± 9.6	31.4 ± 9.5	0.001**
Height (cm)	168.3 ± 7.7	167.6 ± 7.5	167.9 ± 7.7	0.508**
Weight (kg)	56.8 ± 9.3	56.4 ± 8.7	55.0 ± 8.8	0.761**
BMI (kg/m²)	19.9 ± 3.1	20.0 ± 2.7	19.80 ± 2.8	0.626**
CD4 count (cells/μL)	334.3 ± 9.7	495.3 ± 130.5	450.0 ± 130.2	<0.001**
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m²)	40.1 ± 15.9	125.2 ± 37.5	104.3 ± 45.8	<0.001**
Urea (mg/dL)	30.1 ± 3.8	22.1 ± 2.5	23.5 ± 2.8	0.039**
Creatinine (mg/dL)	2.76 ± 1.2	0.86 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.6	<0.001**

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