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. 2011 Mar 15;203(6):780–790. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiq118

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
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.