Table 3.

Associations between PWV and study characteristics of HIV and the metabolic syndrome

			Aortic distensibility (mmHg -1 )
	Pulse wave velocity		Ascending		Proximal descending		Abdominal
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age (years)	0.52	<0.001	−0.41	<0.001	−0.37	<0.001	−0.29	<0.001
BMI (kg/m 2 )	0.20	0.043	−0.15	0.11	−0.23	<0.001	−0.22	<0.001
Visceral Fat (cm 2 )	0.24	0.008	−0.09	0.28	−0.25	<0.001	−0.22	0.01
Glucose (mmol/l)	0.15	0.049	−0.13	0.12	−0.24	<0.001	−0.17	0.03
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.13	0.09	−0.07	0.37	−0.20	0.01	−0.24	<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.14	0.07	0.01	0.99	0.08	0.34	0.09	0.26
hsCRP (mg/L)	0.33	<0.001	−0.14	0.01	−0.30	<0.001	−0.26	<0.001
SBP (mmHg)	−0.27	<0.001	−0.29	<0.001	−0.32	<0.001	−0.36	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)	0.20	<0.001	−0.17	<0.02	−0.21	<0.001	−0.23	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	0.19	0.02	−0.15	0.08	−0.21	<0.001	−0.31	<0.001
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.13	0.87	−0.12	0.14	−0.16	0.04	−0.11	0.18
HOMA-IR	0.09	0.39	−0.08	0.35	−0.15	0.06	−0.15	0.05
Past or present smoking	0.28	<0.001	−0.17	0.03	−0.18	0.03	−0.10	0.20
Viral load (copies/mL)	0.06	0.56	−0.12	0.30	−0.12	0.29	−0.04	0.69
Nadir CD4 count (10 6 /L)	−0.13	0.30	−0.06	0.62	0.09	0.42	0.16	0.17
Current CD4 count (10 6 /L)	0.26	0.014	−0.14	0.23	−0.02	0.83	−0.05	0.67
PIs	0.06	0.51	0.11	0.23	0.03	0.75	−0.11	0.24
NRTIs	0.11	0.22	−0.10	0.27	−0.17	0.08	−0.22	0.02
NNRTIs	0.05	0.58	−0.18	0.06	−0.18	0.05	−0.12	0.18
Duration of HAART (years)	0.20	0.09	−0.12	0.36	−0.07	0.57	−0.10	0.42
HIV infection	0.23	0.001	−0.21	0.01	−0.25	<0.001	−0.21	0.01