Table 7 Comparisons of medical history related to diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia among men and women living with HIV
Variables | Frequency (%) | P-valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Men | Women | |||
Had blood pressure measured by a health provider | Â | ||||
| Â | Never had blood pressure measured | 160 (31.4) | 63 (37.1) | 97 (28.53) | Â |
| Â | Within last 12Â months | 300 (58.8) | 89 (52.35) | 211 (62.06) | Â |
|  | 1–5 years ago | 50 (9.8) | 18 (10.59) | 32 (9.41) | 0.10 |
Told by a health provider about having hypertension in last 12Â months | 43 (8.4) | 12 (7.1) | 31 (9.1) | 0.43 | |
Taking medication for hypertension in last 2 weeksb | 22 (51.2) | 4 (33.3) | 18 (58.1) | 0.28 | |
On any special prescribed dietb | 33 (76.7) | 7 (58.3) | 26 (83.9) | 0.12 | |
Received advice or treatment to lose weight | 17 (39.5) | 3 (25.0) | 14 (45.2) | 0.38 | |
Received advice to stop smoking | 29 (67.4) | 8 (66.7) | 21 (67.7) | 0.73 | |
Received advice to start or do more exercise | 37 (86.0) | 11 (91.7) | 26 (83.9) | 0.60 | |
Consulted traditional healer for hypertension in last 12Â monthsb | 3 (7.0) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (3.2) | 0.25 | |
Currently taking any traditional remedy for hypertensionb | 2 (4.7) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (3.2) | 0.58 | |
Had a family history of hypertension | 147 (28.8) | 42 (24.7) | 105 (30.9) | 0.15 | |
Had blood sugar measured in last 12Â months | 51 (10.0) | 13 (7.7) | 38 (11.2) | 0.21 | |
Diagnosed with diabetes by health provider | 5 (1.0) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (0.9) | 0.75 | |
Had a family history of diabetes | 47 (9.2) | 17 (10.0) | 30 (8.8) | 0.67 | |
Had blood cholesterol measured by a health provider in last 12Â months | 39 (7.7) | 11 (6.5) | 28 (8.2) | 0.48 | |
Told by a health provider about elevated cholesterol in last 12Â months | 14 (2.8) | 3 (1.8) | 11 (3.2) | 0.34 | |