Table 2.

Correlates of Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in HIV-infected and -uninfected women in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).

Variable	Unadjusted estimated FRS (Mean ± SE)	p-value	Adjusted* estimated FRS	p- value
Chronic Depressive Symptoms
Present	2.4±0.6	<0.01	1.3±0.6	<0.01
Absent	0.1±0.3		−0.3±0.4
HIV Status
Infected	0.8±0.3	0.07	0.3±0.4	0.52
Uninfected	−0.4±0.6		0.2±0.6
Race
Black	1.3±0.4	0.01	0.9±0.4	0. 34
Hispanic	−0.5±0.5		0.3±0.6
Whites and Others	−0.3±0.7		0.2±0.6
BMI Category
Underweight or Normal BMI	0.2±0.5	0.23	0.7±0.5	0.37
Overweight	−0.2±0.6		0.02±0.5
Obese	1.5±0.5		0.7±0.5
Education
Completed High School/GED	0.6±0.4	0.7	0.4±0.5	0.86
Did not complete High School	0.4±0.5		0.5±0.5
Household Income Level
< $12,000/year	1.4±0.4	<0.01	0.6±0.4	0.51
≥ $12,000/year	−0.4±0.4		0.3±0.5
Use of Antidepressants
Present	1.7±0.5	0.02	0.6±0.5	0.72
Absent	0.2±0.3		0.4±0.4
Illicit Drug Use
Present	1.0±0.6	0.41	1.0±0.5	0.07
Absent	0.4±0.3		−0.03±0.5
Alcohol Use
Present	−1.4±0.8	<0.01	−0.4±0.6	<0.01
Absent	0.8±0.3		1.3±0.4

^*Adjusted for initial visit Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in addition to factors displayed in the table