Table 3.

Partial correlation coefficients (r) among baseline variables from both cases and controls, by the Spearman-rank test.

	sTNFR-I	sTNFR-II	sCD27	sCD40L	sTRAIL	IL-6	CD8 activation	Age	Hgb	CD4	pVL	eGFR
sTNFR-I	1.0	0.72***	0.26**	0.13*	0.02	0.51***	0.11	0.32***	−0.26**	−0.24**	0.42***	−0.14*
sTNFR-II		1.0	0.26**	0.11	0.12	0.40***	0.20**	0.21**	−0.29***	−0.17**	0.42***	−0.02
sCD27			1.0	0.06	−0.10	0.18**	0.006	0.05	−0.14*	0.18**	−0.031	0.06
sCD40L				1.0	−0.07	0.08	0.06	−0.02	−0.08	0.12	−0.04	−0.07
sTRAIL					1.0	−0.04	−0.16*	−0.23**	−0.03	−0.05	−0.08	−0.03
IL-6						1.0	0.02	0.10	−0.32***	−0.16**	0.30***	0.10
CD8 activation							1.0	0.07	0.09	−0.16**	0.03	−0.09
Age								1.0	0.06	0.02	0.03	−0.30***
Hgb									1.0	0.38***	−0.28***	−0.03
CD4										1.0	−0.58***	−0.06
pVL											1.0	0.09
eGFR												1.0

Significant associations (P<0.05) are highlighted in bold. CD8 activation=%CD8⁺/HLA-DR⁺/CD38⁺, Hgb=hemoglobin, pVL=plasma viral load;

^***=p<0.001;

^**=p<0.05 and p ≥ 0.001;

^*= p < 0.10 and p ≥ 0.05.