Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population.

From: A cross-section study of the relationship between lifestyles and severity of COVID-19 symptoms in people living with HIV

Variables

Total (n/median)

COVID-19 symptoms severity

P

Mild or moderate

Severe

Sex

 Males

635

243 (38.3%)

392 (61.73%)

0.557

 Females

349

141 (40.4%)

208 (59.60%)

Age

 18–65

697

279 (40.03%)

418 (59.97%)

0.35

 > 65

287

105 (36.59%)

182 (63.41%)

BMI

 < 18.5

55

17 (30.91%)

38 (69.09%)

0.434

 18.5–23.9

626

249 (39.78%)

377 (60.22%)

 ≥ 24

303

118 (38.94%)

185 (61.06%)

Smoking

 Never smoke

347

163 (46.97%)

184 (53.03%)

0.0002

 Passive smoking

206

61 (29.61%)

145 (70.39%)

 Ever smoke

90

36 (40%)

54 (60%)

 Smoking

341

119 (34.9%)

222 (65.1%)

Habitation

 City

514

248 (48.25%)

266 (51.75%)

< 0.0001

 Rural

470

136 (28.94%)

334 (71.06%)

Vaccination

Vaccinated

951

371 (39.01%)

580 (60.99%)

1

 Unvaccinated

33

13 (39.39%)

20 (60.61%)

Treatment method

 Do Noting

93

62 (66.67%)

31 (33.33%)

< 0.0001

 Self-take medicine

600

256 (42.67%)

344 (57.33%)

 Go to hospital

291

66 (22.68%)

225 (77.32%)

Breakfast intake per week

 Less than 2 days

115

53 (46.09%)

62 (53.91%)

< 0.0001

 2 to 5 days

235

52 (22.13%)

183 (77.87%)

 More than 5 days

634

279 (44.01%)

355 (55.99%)

Three meals a day

 Yes

94

351 (39.44%)

539 (60.56%)

0.479

 No

890

33 (35.11%)

61 (64.89%)

Wholegrain intake

 Barely

195

77 (39.49%)

118 (60.51%)

0.855

 Less than 2 times per week

413

157 (38.01%)

256 (61.99%)

 More than 3 times per week

376

150 (39.89%)

226 (60.11%

Beverage

 Purity water

705

112 (40.14%)

167 (59.86%)

0.704

 Another beverage

279

272 (38.58%)

433 (61.42%)

Comorbidity

 No

779

322 (41.34%)

457 (58.66%)

0.005

 Yes

205

62 (30.24%)

143 (69.76%)

CD4 count

 < 200

134

57 (42.54%)

77 (57.46%)

0.652

 200–500

498

190 (38.15%)

308 (61.85%)

 > 500

352

137 (38.92%)

215 (61.08%)

Anxiety

 Noun

856

360 (42.06%)

496 (57.94%)

< 0.0001

 Mild

95

20 (21.05%)

75 (78.95%)

 Moderate/Severe

33

4 (12.12%)

29 (87.88%)

Sleep quality

 Mild

41

12 (29.27%)

29 (70.73%)

< 0.0001

 Moderate

327

97 (29.66%)

230 (70.34%)

 Good

616

275 (44.64%)

341 (55.36%)

HIV viral load

 High(≥ 10,000 copies/ml)

 

5 (35.71%)

9 (64.29%)

0.916

 Mild(< 10,000 copies/ml)

 

245 (40.77%)

356 (59.23%)

Tuberculosis

 Free of infection

 

332 (38.47%)

531 (61.53%)

1

 Have been cured

 

1 (25%)

3 (75%)

 On the treatment

 

1 (33.33%)

2 (66.67%)