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. 2013 May 28;8(5):e63804. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063804

Table 4. Biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and impaired neurocognition are increased in HIV-infected post-menopausal women.

HIV– women HIV+ women P value
n = 15 n = 26
Cardiovascular disease
sVCAM-1 (ng/ml) 287.0±71.3 397.8±136.0 0.0073
sICAM-1 (ng/ml) 100.4±28.1 171.5±82.9 0.0037
Impaired neurocognition
CXCL10 (pg/ml) 338.9±235.3 849.7±608.9 0.0035

Levels of sVCAM-1, sICAM-1 and CXCL10 were measured by ELISA in the plasma of 15 HIV– and 26 HIV+ women. Comparisons between the two groups were performed using Student t-test. Significant P values are shown in bold.