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. 2012 Mar 15;54(12):1747–1755. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis306

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants by the Presence of Significant Coronary Stenosisa

Total Significant Coronary Stenosis
Characteristic (N = 674) No (N = 610) Yes (N = 64) P value
Age (year) 46 (41–51) 46 (40–51) 49 (46–54) <.0001
Male (%) 63.4 62.0 76.6 .02
Family history of CAD (%) 23.6 22.8 31.3 .13
Cocaine use (%) 47.8 46.6 59.4 .05
Cocaine use >15 years 38.1 36.9 50.0 .04
Cigarette smoking (%) 83.4 82.6 90.6 .10
Alcohol use (%) 86.4 86.2 87.5 .78
hsCRP ≥2 mg/dL (%) 47.4 47.1 50.0 .66
hsCRP (mg/dL) 1.8 (0.6–4.8) 1.8 (0.6–4.8) 2.1 (0.6–5.0) .55
Serum 25-hydroxy VD (ng/mL) 17 (11–26) 17.5 (11–26) 14.5 (8–24) .06
VD deficiency (%) 19.9 18.7 31.3 .01
Systolic BP (mm Hg) 117 (107–128) 116 (107–127) 121 (111–129) .08
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 73 (67–82) 73 (66–81) 76 (69–85) .08
Glucose (mg/dL) 85 (78–92) 85 (78–92) 86 (78–93) .40
BMI 24.8 (22.0–29.1) 24.8 (22.0–29.2) 24.9 (21.7–27.7) .26
Baseline CD4 (cells/µL) 329 (172–527) 329 (172–527) 319 (196–593) .93
Baseline viral load (copies/mL) 11838 (643–64967) 12000 (716–69131) 8870 (494–32730) .53
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 163 (140–192) 162 (139–191) 170 (155–210) .003
LDL-C (mg/dL) 86 (67–108) 85 (66–106) 98 (73–114) .005
HDL-C (mg/dL) 51 (39–62) 50(39–62) 52 (36–63) .69
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 105 (74–151) 103 (72–148) 132 (88–182) .008
Year of enrollment (%) .0008
 2003–2005 13.4 11.6 29.7
 2006–2007 16.5 16.6 15.6
 2008–2009 32.2 33.1 23.4
 2010–2011 38.0 38.7 31.3
Year of ART initiation (%) .10
 Never initiated 22.1 22.8 15.6
 Before 1996 10.5 10.0 15.6
 1996–2003 30.9 30.5 34.3
 2004–2007 22.1 21.5 28.1
 2008–2010 14.4 15.2 6.3
NRTI use (month) 17.9 (0.0–66.0) 17.4 (0.0–65.0) 25.0 (5.6–96.0) .06
NNRTI use (month) 0 (0.0–12.0) 0.0 (0.0–12.0) 0.0 (0.0–16.5) .79
PI use (month) 5.5 (0.0–48.0) 5.0 (0.0–48.0) 5.9 (0.0–48.5) .70
ART use (month) 25.0 (0.9–82.0) 24.0 (0.5–80.0) 37.5 (11.0–98.0) .07
Framingham risk score 4.0 (2.0–7.0) 4.0 (2.0–7.0) 7.0 (4.0–8.0) <.0001
Framingham score <10.0 (%) 86.8 87.5 79.7 .08

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; BMI, body mass index (kg/m2); BP, blood pressure; CAD, coronary artery disease; CD4, CD4 cell count; glucose, fasting glucose; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NNRTI, nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor; NRTI, nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor; VD, vitamin D; viral load, HIV RNA quantification.

a Median (interquartile range) for continuous variables, proportion (%) for categorical variables.