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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of participants

From: microRNA-27a rs895819 is associated with obesity in HIV infected preeclamptic Black South African women on HAART

 

PE HIV - (n = 29)

PE HIV + (n = 27)

NT HIV - (n = 42)

NT HIV + (n = 38)

ap-value

bp-value

Age (mean ± SEM; years)

25.03 ± 0.9944

29.00 ± 1.563

25.00 ± 1.027

28.00 ± 1.015

0.0423*

0.6641

Age range (years)

16–36

16–41

16–42

17–46

  

BMI (n, %)

21 (74)

22 (81)

30 (71)

33 (87)

  

BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± SEM)

30.86 ± 1.636

32.70 ± 1.496

29.93 ± 1.343

30.46 ± 1.410

0.4904

0.2783

  1. Abbreviations: SEM standard error of the mean, PE preeclampsia, NT normotensive, n total number, p is significant at <0.05
  2. aComparison amongst all four sub-groups
  3. bComparison between PE and NT
  4. *indicates a significant diffence