Table 3.

Correlates of Framingham Risk Score (FRS) among HIV-infected 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	2.1±0.3	0.02	1.8±0.7	0.04
Absent	0.4±0.6		0.5±0.6
Race
Black	1.6±0.4	0.02	1.7±0.6	0.19
Hispanic	−0.2±0.6		0.9±0.7
Whites and Others	−0.1±0.7		0.9±0.7
BMI Category
Underweight or Normal BMI	0.8±0.5	0.23	1.7±0.6	0.16
Overweight	0.1±0.6		0.6±0.7
Obese	1.4±0.5		1.2±0.7
Education
Completed High School/GED	0.9±0.4	0.58	1.1±0.6	0.80
Did not complete High School	0.6±0.5		1.2±0.6
Household Income Level
< $12,000/year	1.6±0.4	<0.01	1.3±0.6	0.60
≥ $12,000/year	−0.004±0.4		1.0±0.6
Use of Antidepressants
Present	1.8±0.4	0.04	1.4±0.7	0.45
Absent	0.4±0.3		1.0±0.6
Illicit Drug Use
Present	1.3±0.7	0.49	1.5±0.7	0.31
Absent	0.7±0.3		0.9±0.5
Alcohol Use
Present	1.0±0.3	0.03	0.2±0.8	<0.01
Absent	−1.3±1.0		2.1±0.5
10 year average CD4 cell count
< 200 cells/μl	1.2±1.0	0.89	1.8±0.9	0.56
200–500 cells/μl	0.9±0.4		0.9±0.6
>500 cells/μl	0.7±0.5		0.8±0.6
History of nadir CD4 <200 cells/μl
Present	0.9±0.4	0.88	1.3±0.6	0.67
Absent	0.8±0.5		1.0±0.6
History of Clinical AIDS
Present	1.5±0.4	0.03	1.4±0.6	0.45
Absent	0.2±0.4		1.0±0.6
HAART use
Present	0.7±0.3	0.36	0.5±0.5	0.08
Absent	1.5±0.8		1.8±0.8

^*Adjusted for initial visit Framingham Risk Score (FRS) and Average Viral Load, in addition to factors displayed in the table.