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. 2010 Nov 23;7:40. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-7-40

Table 2.

Determinants of 25(OH)D (ng/ml) decrease on HAART

Variable 25(OH)D (CI) pre-HAART 25(OH)D (CI) post-HAART Adj p
Population 24.6 (22.1;27.0) 22.0 (19.8;24.1) 0.001*
Sex 0.668
 M 25.6 (22.8;28.4) 22.8 (20.4;25.3)
 F 19.6 (14.8;24.4) 17.8 (14.0;21.6)
Skin color 0.195
 Light 26.7 (24.0;29.4) 23.6 (21.2;26.0)
 Dark 15.8 (11.9;19.7) 15.3 (11.6;19.0)
Pre-HAART sampling 0.127
 Winter 21.9 (18.1;25.6) 19.8 (16.2;23.5)
 Spring 22.1 (16.5;27.6) 22.4 (19.3;25.5)
 Summer 29.8 (24.2;35.4) 22.4 (19.7;29.0)
 Fall 24.8 (19.1;30.5) 22.5 (16.8;28.2)
Age 0.644
 <35 years 24.9 (21.0;28.7) 22.2 (18.6;25.8)
 35-50 years 24.2 (20.2;28.2) 21.2 (17.8;24.5)
 >50 years 24.8 (20.0;29.6) 24.2 (19.2;29.2)
Weight (Kg) 0.008
 ≤70 23.0 (19.4;26.6) 18.5 (16.2;20.9)
 >70 25.8 (22.4;29.2) 24.8 (21.4;28.1)
CD4 (CD4/mm3) nadir 0.160
 ≤200 25.4 (21.0;29.8) 21.3 (18.2;24.5)
 >200 24.1 (21.1;27.1) 22.3 (19.4;25.3)
CD4 (CD4/mm3) pre-HAART 0.174
 ≤200 25.9 (20.5;31.4) 21.5 (17.4;25.6)
 >200 24.1 (21.3;26.9) 22.1 (19.5;24.8)
Viral Load (log10) 0.666
 >5 25.7 (22.9;28.6) 22.9 (20.3;25.6)
 ≤5 21.7 (16.7;26.6) 19.6 (15.8;23.5)
HIV stage (CDC) 0.760
 A 25.4 (22.4;28.4) 22.7 (20.0;25.3)
 B 24.3 (18.0;30.5) 21.0 (15.7;26.4)
 C 19.8 (13.0;26.5) 18.7 (11.8;25.6)
Therapy 0.001
 NNRTI 26.6 (22.5;30.8) 21.6 (17.8;25.5)
 PI 22.6 (19.9;25.3) 22.3 (20.1;24.6)

p: p-value for comparison between groups (linear regression); adj p: p-value from final multivariate model (after backwards elimination); CI: 95% confidence interval; * non adjusted p value