Table 4.
Table 4a. Univariate Associations with Choline Related Metabolites among HIV-Infected Subjects | ||||||||||
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Parameter | Log Serum Betaine | Log Serum L-Carnitine | Log Serum Choline | Log Serum TMA | Log Serum TMAO | |||||
r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | |
Coronary Plaque Characteristics | ||||||||||
Log Calcium Score | −0.02 | 0.83 | −0.006 | 0.94 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.006 | 0.06 | 0.47 |
Total Plaque Segments, # | −0.001 | 0.99 | −0.07 | 0.43 | 0.03 | 0.71 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.007 | 0.93 |
Noncalcified Plaque Segments, # | 0.03 | 0.76 | −0.13 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.82 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.007 | 0.93 |
Calcified Plaque Segments, # | −0.19 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.23 | −0.03 | 0.70 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.85 |
Total Calcium Volume of Plaque, mm3 | −0.07 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.67 |
Total Calcium Mass of Plaque, mg | −0.07 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.009 | 0.04 | 0.66 |
Inflammatory Indices | ||||||||||
Log CRP, mg/dL | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.15 | −0.14 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.47 |
Log hsIL-6, pg/mL | 0.05 | 0.58 | −0.14 | 0.11 | 0.006 | 0.94 | −0.10 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.08 |
Log LPS, ng/mL | 0.05 | 0.59 | 0.02 | 0.81 | 0.03 | 0.75 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
Table 4b. Univariate Associations with Choline Related Metabolites among Control Subjects | ||||||||||
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Parameter | Log Serum Betaine | Log Serum L-Carnitine | Log Serum Choline | Log Serum TMA | Log Serum TMAO | |||||
r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | |
Coronary Plaque Characteristics | ||||||||||
Log Calcium Score | 0.02 | 0.86 | 0.08 | 0.52 | −0.08 | 0.54 | 0.09 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.21 |
Total Plaque Segments, # | 0.02 | 0.87 | 0.14 | 0.27 | −0.05 | 0.72 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.02 | 0.90 |
Noncalcified Plaque Segments, # | −0.03 | 0.80 | 0.18 | 0.17 | −0.07 | 0.61 | 0.19 | 0.15 | −0.14 | 0.27 |
Calcified Plaque Segments, # | 0.06 | 0.65 | 0.07 | 0.58 | 0.06 | 0.63 | −0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
Total Calcium Volume of Plaque, mm3 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.06 | −0.06 | 0.64 | 0.0003 | 1.00 | 0.12 | 0.34 |
Total Calcium Mass of Plaque, mg | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 0.06 | −0.07 | 0.61 | −0.02 | 0.89 | 0.13 | 0.29 |
Inflammatory Indices | ||||||||||
Log CRP, mg/dL | −0.0002 | 1.00 | 0.14 | 0.25 | −0.10 | 0.44 | 0.16 | 0.20 | −0.03 | 0.80 |
Log hsIL-6, pg/mL | −0.21 | 0.13 | −0.10 | 0.48 | −0.05 | 0.71 | 0.04 | 0.79 | 0.09 | 0.54 |
Log LPS, ng/mL | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.07 | 0.64 | −0.01 | 0.92 | −0.08 | 0.56 |
r represents Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
Abbreviations: TMA, trimethylamine; TMAO, trimethylamine-N-oxide; CRP, C-reactive protein; hsIL-6, high sensitivity interleukin-6; LPS, lipopolysaccharide.