. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 21.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 Sep 11;25(8):809–817. doi: 10.1007/s10554-009-9493-7

Table 1.

General Characteristics of 46 Study Participants by HIV infection Status in Baltimore, Maryland

Variable	HIV− (N = 19)	HIV+ (N = 27)	p-value^*
Age (y)	38.8 ± 6.9	41.0 ± 4.4	0.23
Women (%)	42	37	0.73
Smoker (%)	74	85	0.56
Body mass index (kg/m²)	25.3±4.7	25.6±5.3	0.85
Body surface area (m²)	1.85 ± 0.19	1.89 ± 0.24	0.57
Heart rate (beat/min)	76 ± 25	77 ± 24	0.66
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	76 ± 8	79 ± 10	0.30
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	172 ± 33	174 ± 41	0.87
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	66 ± 24	135 ± 107	0.003
Very-low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)	13 ± 5	21 ± 14	0.01
Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)	102 ± 32	94 ± 37	0.49
High-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)	57 ± 17	54 ± 22	0.61
Abnormal C-reactive protein^** (%)	44	46	0.91

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HIV+, HIV-positive group; HIV-, HIV-negative group.

Between-group differences were compared by Student's t tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables.

^**

The abnormal C-reactive protein level was defined as > 1.9 mg/L.