Table 5.
No Significantly Increased Risk of AIDS events in HIV-Infected subjects conferred by markers of enterocyte damage, microbial translocation, or the immune response to microbial translocation at baseline.
25th – 49th Percentile |
50th – 74th Percentile |
≥74th Percentile |
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Biomarker | <25th Percentile (Ref) | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P |
sCD14 level, ×106 pg/mL) | |||||||
N (case patients/control subjects) | 17/43 | 20/41 | 23/39 | 21/39 | |||
Univariate OR | 1.0 | 1.2 (0.6–2.5) | .65 | 1.5 (0.7–3.3) | 0.28 | 1.4 (0.6–3.2) | .39 |
LPS level, pg/mL | |||||||
N (case patients/control subjects) | 22/38 | 13/48 | 24/38 | 22/38 | |||
Univariate OR | 1.0 | 0.5 (0.2–1.1) | .08 | 1.1 (0.5–2.4) | 0.83 | 1.0 (0.5–2.2) | >.99 |
I-FABP level, pg/mL | |||||||
N (case patients/control subjects) | 24/65 | 13/18 | 25/35 | 18/42 | |||
Univariate OR | 1.0 | 2.0 (0.8–4.7) | .13 | 1.8 (0.9–3.7) | 0.09 | 1.2 (0.6–2.5) | .68 |
16S rDNA level, copies/μL | |||||||
N (case patients/control subjects) | 18/41 | 18/43 | 18/42 | 26/35 | |||
Univariate OR | 1.0 | 0.9 (0.4–2.1) | .88 | 0.9 (0.4–2.2) | 0.90 | 1.7 (0.7–3.8) | .22 |
EndoCAb level, MMU/mL | |||||||
N (case patients/control subjects) | 21/39 | 24/37 | 18/43 | 18/43 | |||
Univariate OR | 1.0 | 1.2 (0.6–2.5) | .60 | 0.8 (0.3–1.6) | 0.47 | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) | .50 |
NOTE. Percentile cutoff points are LPS: <22.8, 22.8–32.1, 32.2–47.0, >47.0; soluble CD14: <2.06, 2.06–2.32, 2.33–2.68, >2.68; I-FABP: <2.70, 2.70–149.57, 149.57–468.00, >468.00; 16S ribosomal DNA: <3.8, 3.8–8.5, 8.6–15.0, >15.0; EndoCAb: <76.0, 76.0–128.0, 128.1–186.0, >186.0. CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; EndoCAb, endotoxin core antibody; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; I-FABP, intestinal fatty acid binding protein; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; OR, odds ratio; rDNA, ribosomal DNA; Ref, reference; sCD14, soluble CD14.