Baseline characteristics of participants.

Characteristic	n=80
Age years mean [SD]	49.3 [9.8]
Gender males n [%]	75 [93.8]
Height [metres] mean [SD]	1.76 [0.09]
Weight [kg] mean [SD]	78.3 [16.1]
Waist [cm] mean [SD]	93.1 [16.1]
Waist to hip ratio [WHR] mean [SD]	0.98 [0.06]
Body Mass Index [BMI] median [range]	25 [15.5-35.9]
Duration of HIV years median [range]	13.75 [0.6-25]
CD4 count [cells/mm³] median [range]	429 [7-1145]
Undetectable HIV RNA viral load [less than 50 copies/ml] n [%]	58 [72.5]
Race n [%] Caucasian Other ^b	73 [91.3] 7 [8.8]
HIV risk group n [%] Males who have sex with males Other ^c	69 [86.3] 11 [13.5]
Depression n [%]	30 [37.5]
Diabetes n [%]	7 [8.8]
Cardiovacsular Disease 10- year risk mean [%] [SD]	8.9 [6.9]
Cardiovascular disease n [%]	4 [5]
Recreational drug use n [%]	30 [37.5]
Employment n [%]	29 [36.3]
Relationship n [%]	33 [41.3]
Education n [%] 11^th grade or less High school graduate or above	34/80 [42.5] 46/80 [57.5]
Smoker n [%]	40 [50]
Body Image Scale mean [SD]	30.6 [8.2]

^aNormally distributed variables are shown as mean [standard deviation] and non normally distributed variables as median [range]; ^bother racial groups were Aboriginal, Asian and other; ^cother HIV transmission groups were heterosexual, unknown and other

Table 1: Baseline characteristics of participants ^a.

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