Table 2.
Relationships to sCD163 (Pearson and Spearman Correlation Coefficients)
| Characteristic | All patients (n = 143) | All HIV-infected patients (n = 102) | HIV-infected patients with undetectable viral load (n = 69) |
| Traditional risk factors | |||
| Age | r = 0.15, P =.08 | r = 0.16, P =.11 | r = 0.18, P =.14 |
| Systolic blood pressure | r = 0.09, P =.29 | r = 0.05, P =.60 | r = 0.10, P =.43 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | r = 0.05, P =.54 | r = −0.009, P =.93 | r = 0.06, P =.62 |
| Total cholesterol | r = −0.11, P =.20 | r = −0.14, P =.16 | r = −0.007, P =.95 |
| Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol | r = −0.13, P =.13 | r = −0.13, P =.20 | r = −0.02, P =.90 |
| Triglycerides | r = 0.17, P =.045 | r = 0.15, P =.14 | r = 0.13, P =.28 |
| Measurements of coronary atherosclerosis | |||
| Natural log segments with noncalcified plaque | r = 0.22, P =.01 | r = 0.21, P =.04 | r = 0.24, P =.046 |
| Natural log calcium score | r = −0.04, P =.62 | r = −0.06, P =.52 | r = 0.05, P =.67 |
| Monocyte/macrophage activation markers | |||
| Lipopolysaccharide | r = 0.28, P =.0007 | r = 0.27, P =.007 | r = 0.21, P =.08 |
| sCD14 | ρ = 0.06, P =.46 | ρ = 0.22, P =.03 | ρ = 0.14, P =.28 |
| Osteopontin | ρ = 0.16, P =.06 | ρ = 0.03, P =.75 | ρ = 0.17, P =.15 |
| Percentage of CD14+CD16+ monocytes | r = 0.20, P =.14 | r = 0.35, P =.04 | r = 0.29, P =.13 |
| Markers of generalized inflammation, coagulation, and cytomegalovirus | |||
| hs Interleukin-6 | ρ = 0.26, P =.005 | ρ = 0.27, P =.01 | ρ = 0.32, P =.01 |
| C-reactive protein | ρ = −0.04, P =.59 | ρ = −0.03, P =.75 | ρ = 0.13, P =.27 |
| D-dimer | ρ = 0.09, P =.29 | ρ = 0.13, P =.18 | ρ = 0.16, P =.19 |
| Cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin G titers | ρ = 0.30, P =.001 | ρ = 0.27, P =.01 | ρ = 0.23, P =.10 |
| Epstein-Barr virus viral capsid antigen immunoglobulin G titers | ρ = 0.07, P =.40 | ρ = 0.08, P =.41 | ρ = 0.08, P =.53 |
| Markers of HIV disease | |||
| Natural log (viral load) | N/A | r = 0.22, P =.04 | N/A |
| Current CD4+ T lymphocyte count | N/A | r = −0.12, P =.23 | r = −0.13, P =.30 |
| Nadir CD4+ T lymphocyte count | N/A | r = −0.13, P =.24 | r = −0.23, P =.08 |
| CD4+/CD8+ ratio | N/A | r = −0.22, P =.02 | r = −0.29, P =.02 |
| Duration of HIV Infection | N/A | r = 0.19, P =.06 | r = 0.23, P =.05 |
Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; N/A, not available