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. 2012 Jul 12;7(7):e38980. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038980

Table 2. Results of cerebral function assessments and univariate regression analysis to investigate differences between subject groups.

Cerebral functionassessment,mean (SD) AcuteHCV/HIV(aHCV) HIVmonoinfection(HIVmono) p-value [95%CI]
NCT Number of participants, n 24 57
Participants on cART, n(%) 17 (71%) 54 (95%)
Cognitive speed (logms) 10.57 (0.28) 10.73 (0.33) 0.05 [0.99, 0.01]
Accuracy (arc.proportion correct) 3.00 (0.26) 2.88 (0.42) 0.20 [−0.18, 0.83]
Executive function (error rate) 26.50 (17.87) 19.09 (8.12) 0.02 [0.09, 1.07]
Composite Z -score 0.16 (2.27) −0.08 (2.25) 0.68 [−0.90, 1.38]
1H-MRS Number of participants, n 24 12
Participants on cART, n(%) 17 (71%) 9 (75%)
Frontal grey matter NAA/Cr 1.42 (0.25) 1.35 (0.10) 0.32 [−0.41, 1.21]
Cho/Cr 0.59 (0.12) 0.63 (0.17) 0.31 [−2.38, 0.77]
mI/Cr 0.70 (0.28) 0.62 (0.13) 0.39 [−0.10, 0.25]
Frontal white matter NAA/Cr 1.53 (0.32) 1.48 (0.26) 0.63 [−0.42, 0.68]
Cho/Cr 1.04 (0.20) 1.02 (0.19) 0.73 [−0.69, 0.98]
mI/Cr 0.96 (0.48) 0.83 (0.54) 0.47 [−0.23, 0.49]
Basal ganglia NAA/Cr 1.71 (0.25) 1.65 (0.29) 0.54 [−0.45, 0.84]
Cho/Cr 0.77 (0.12) 0.80 (0.19) 0.36 [−2.27, 0.85]
mI/Cr 0.71 (0.22) 0.55 (0.23) 0.06 [−0.01, 0.32]
PK11195 BP Number of participants, n 8 8
Participants on cART, n(%) 6 (75%) 6 (75%)
Ventral striatum 0.18 (0.10) 0.22 (0.13) 0.45 [−3.46, 1.64]
Caudate 0.08 (0.04) 0.09 (0.08) 0.69 [−5.76, 3.94]
Putamen 0.21 (0.11) 0.28 (0.14) 0.29 [−3.49, 1.14]
Thalamus 0.52 (0.31) 0.55 (0.17) 0.84 [−1.44, 1.19]
Parietal 0.07 (0.06) 0.10 (0.06) 0.33 [−7.56, 2.71]
Temporal 0.13 (0.03) 0.16 (0.05) 0.16 [−10.82, 1.99]
Occipital 0.13 (0.04) 0.19 (0.09) 0.10 [−6.58, 0.54]
Frontal 0.83 (0.40) 1.03 (0.27) 0.26 [−1.34, 0.40]

[Legend Table 2: FGM =  frontal grey matter; FWM = frontal white matter; BG = basal ganglia; NAA = N-acetyl aspartate; Cr = creatine; Cho = choline; mi = myo-inositol peak].