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Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 Sep 8;36(10):2100–2107. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307985

Table 4.

Associations of HIV, cocaine use, and hepatitis C with aortic pulse wave velocity among 288 participants, Baltimore, Maryland

Risk factor	Unadjusted difference, cm/s (95% CI)	Adjusted^* difference, cm/s (95% CI)
Cocaine use
Never	ref.	ref.
Past	0 (−55, −55)	−37 (−92, 18)
Current	−21 (−70, 28)	−57 (−107, −7)^†
HIV status
Negative	ref.	ref.
Positive	31 (−8, 70)	45 (6, 84)^†
Hepatitis C status
Negative	ref.	ref.
Positive	26 (−12, 64)	20 (−17, 57)
CVD risk score^‡	-	46 (28, 64)^§

ref., reference group

Adjusted model includes all variables shown.

^†

P < 0.05 and P ≥ 0.001

^‡

ACC/AHA CVD risk score²⁵ is the predicted 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease derived from an equation that includes age, sex, race, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, smoking status, and use of antihypertensive medication. Point estimates are expressed per 5 percentage point increase in the risk score.

^§

P < 0.001