Table 3.

Association Between Garlic Use and CD4+ T Cell Counts and Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA Level

Outcome Variable	Exposure Variable	Univariate			Multivariatea
		Beta	95% CI	P-value	Beta	95% CI	P-value
CD4+ T cell counts	Garlic use or not	32.04	[−81.92,17.85]	.21	26.69	[−80.00,26.61]	.32
	Garlic use frequency:
	Use every day	14.47	[−45.79,74.73]	.63	8.83	[−53.89,71.55]	.78
	Use as needed	75.85	[−4.34,156.04]	.06	61.57	[−22.39,145.53]	.15
	No use (ref )	0			0
	Garlic use reasons:
	To boost immune system	−58.7	[−45.71,28.33]	.18	−62.9	[−153.43,27.71]	.17
	For general health	69.03	[1.93,136.12]	.04	53.85	[−16.66,124.37]	.13
	Other reasons	64.91	[−33.46,163.28]	.19	83.53	[−21.69,188.76]	.12
	No use (ref )	0			0
Log (viral load)	Garlic use or not	0.16	[−0.55,0.23]	.42	0.19	[−0.60,0.22]	.36
	Garlic use frequency:
	Use every day	−0.26	[−0.71,0.20]	.26	−0.23	[−0.69,0.24]	.34
	Use as needed	0.96	[0.37,1.54]	.002	0.96	[0.34,1.58]	.003
	No use (ref )	0			0
	Garlic use reasons:
	To boost immune system	0.42	[−0.25,1.08]	.22	0.5	[−0.20,1.20]	.16
	For general health	−0.11	[−0.62,0.41]	.68	−0.13	[−0.67,0.42]	.65
	Other reasons	0.43	[−0.31,1.18]	.25	0.49	[−0.30,1.29]	.22
	No use (ref )	0			0

^aAdjusting for age, race, education, income, drug use, depression, and highly active antiretroviral treatment adherence

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.