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.