Increased pericardial fat accumulation is associated with increased intramyocardial lipid content and duration of highly active antiretroviral therapy exposure in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: a 3T cardiovascular magnetic resonance feasibility study

Table 1 Subject characteristics

	HIV (+)	HIV (-)	p
	(n = 27)	(n = 22)	p
Caucasian, %	100	100	---
Age, years	48.1 ± 5.1	48.0 ± 4.7	0.93
Weight, kg	79.7 ± 11.2	78.0 ± 13.0	0.64
BMI, kg/m²	25 ± 4	24 ± 4	0.34
Hip circumference, cm	96.2 ± 7.0	96.8 ± 8.7	0.80
Waist circumference, cm	90.8 ± 11.6	86.2 ± 13.1	0.22
Waist/hip ratio	0.94 ± 0.09	0.89 ± 0.10	0.07
^aFramingham Risk Score, %	3 (4)	3 (2)	0.88
Perform regular exercise, %	85	95	0.36
Median level of exercise	2	2	---
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	115 ± 15	122 ± 15	0.08
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	70 ± 9	67 ± 7	0.22
Resting heart rate, beats/min	76 ± 11	61 ± 10	<0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	174 ± 33	180 ± 37	0.52
HDL Cholesterol, mg/dL	51 ± 13	54 ± 15	0.34
LDL Cholesterol, mg/dL	97 ± 26	91 ± 30	0.49
^aTriglycerides, mg/dL	106 (69)	163 (106)	0.09
Glucose, mg/dL	90 ± 10	96 ± 14	0.08

Subjects self-reported whether they adhered to regular exercise (yes or no), with the level of exercise ranked as: 0, none; 1, 1 × week; 2, 2–4 × week; 3, > 5 × week
BMI body mass index, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein
^aData reported as mean ± standard deviation or median with interquartile range

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