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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Jan 1;56(1):83–90. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181fdc928

TABLE 3.

Mean ORF65 Antibody Levels and Risk Factors for Higher ORF65 Antibody Levels in KSHV-Infected Patientsa

Freq. mOD admOD 95% CI P
Demographics
 Gender Femaleb 7 0.280 - - -
Male 133 0.304 0.084 (−0.16–0.24) .431
 Age (yr) ≤35b 39 0.338 - - -
35–45 65 0.276 0.070 (−0.02–0.14) .121
>45 36 0.316 0.026 (−0.09–0.12) .634
 Ethnicity Non-Hb 80 0.269 - - -
H 60 0.352 0.111 (0.03–0.18) .012
HIV-related factors
 CD4 (cells/mm3) >200b 103 0.278 - - -
≤200 37 0.382 0.105 (−0.01–0.19) .063
 CD8 (cells/mm3) >400b 121 0.295 - - -
<400 18 0.330 0.034 (−0.13–0.16) .640
 HIV load (copies/ml) ≤400b 71 0.285 - - -
<400 68 0.321 0.056 (−0.04–0.14) .245
 HIV duration (yr) ≤15b 108 0.282 - - -
>15 31 0.387 0.324 (0.16–0.46) .001
Other coinfections
 Syphilis Nb 117 0.310 - - -
P 23 0.268 0.038 (−0.08–0.19) .553
 Gonorrhea Nb 128 0.302 - - -
P 12 0.307 0.061 (−0.15–0.21) .524
 HPV Nb 137 0.302 - - -
P 3 0.320 0.021 (−0.22–0.50) .901
 Chlamydia Nb 134 0.301 - - -
P 6 0.335 0.085 (−0.22–0.27) .514
 HSV2 Nb 127 0.299 - - -
P 13 0.333 0.078 (−0.12–0.22) .390
 Hepatitis Nb 98 0.291 - - -
P 42 0.331 0.083 (−0.04–0.18) .168
a

Analyses for HIV-related factors and coinfections were adjusted for age and ethnicity.

b

Reference category.

Abbreviations: mOD, mean optical density; admOD, adjusted difference mean O.D.; CI, confidence interval; Non-H, Non-Hispanics; H, Hispanics; yr, year; N, negative; P, positive; HPV, human papilloma virus; HSV2, herpes simplex virus 2.