| Variable | Total n = 120 | Male (n = 46) | Female (n = 74) | t | p | ||||
| Mean ± SD | Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | |||
| Age (years) | 38.0 ± 9.0 | 41.0 | 27.0 | 67.0 | 36.0 | 20.0 | 56.0 | 3.424 | 0.001* |
| Weight (kg) | 64.0 ± 1.6 | 68.5 | 50.0 | 106.0 | 62.1 | 36.0 | 97.0 | 3.417 | 0.001* |
| Height (m) | 1.6 ± 0.0.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 6.449 | 0.000* |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.5 ± 4.0 | 24.5 | 18.4 | 34.2 | 24.5 | 14.2 | 35.6 | 0.054 | 0.960 |
| %BF | 27.0 ± 7.0 | 21.0 | 13.0 | 34.0 | 31.0 | 17.0 | 46.0 | −12.205 | 0.000* |
| PCV (%) | 34.0 ± 5.0 | 36.0 | 27.0 | 48.0 | 33.0 | 20.0 | 42.0 | 3.646 | 0.000* |
| CD4 count (cells/mm3) | 375.0 ± 192.0 | 322.0 | 34.0 | 959 | 410.0 | 15.0 | 1153 | −2.784 | 0.006* |
| MUST score | 2.6 ± 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 7.0 | −0.938 | 0.368 |
| SGA score | 10.7 ± 2.5 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | −2.211 | 0.029* |