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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Mar 31;75(12):2101–2107. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209262

Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of associations between sociodemographic factors, HIV infection characteristics and metabolic variables and radiographic hand OA in the METAFIB-OA study population

Variable HOA diagnosis
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
HOA+
(n=167)
HOA−
(n=134)
p Value OR 95% CI p Value OR 95% CI p Value

Sociodemographic variables

 Age (years), mean (SD)   55.1 (5.0)   51.4 (4.3) 10−5 1.18 1.12 to 1.25 10−5 1.18 1.11 to 1.25 10−5

 Male gender, n (%)    148    117 0.5 0.88 0.44 to 1.78 0.5

 Previous hand trauma, n (%)

HIV characteristics

 Duration of HIV infection (years), mean (SD)   18.0 (7.4)   17.3 (7.1) 0.5 1.01 0.98 to 1.04 0.5

 CD4 level (/mm3), mean (SD)    600 (251)    652 (281) 0.1 0.99 0.99 to 1.00 0.1 0.99 0.99 to 1.00 0.2

 Undectable hsHIV viral load, n (%) (n=290) 87/161 (29.0) 85/129 (28.2) 0.03 1.64 1.02 to 2.65 0.05 1.37 0.80 to 2.34 0.3

 Duration of exposure to protease inhibitors (months), mean (SD)   27.5 (32.6)   26.6 (31.8) 0.7 1.00 0.99 to 1.01 0.8

Metabolic variables

 Waist circumference (cm), mean (SD)   92.8 (10.5)   92.0 (11.2) 0.4 1.01 0.99 to 1.03 0.6

 Obesity (BMI≥30), n (%)     14 (4.7)     18 (6.0) 0.1 0.98 0.94 to 1.02 0.3

 Hypertension, n (%)     35     21 0.2 1.43 0.79 to 2.59 0.3

 Triglycerides (mmol/L), mean (SD)   2.14 (2.36)   1.72 (1.1) 0.07 1.19 0.99 to 1.43 0.07 1.06 0.9 to 1.25 0.5

 HDL-chol (mmol/L), mean (SD)    1.2 (0.4)    1.2 (0.4) 0.7 0.93 0.51 to 1.70 0.8

 HOMA-IR score, mean (SD) (n=297)   2.48 (2.78)   2.36 (2.81) 0.06 1.02 0.93 to 1.10 0.7

 Diabetes, n (%)     36 (%)     29 (%) 0.6 0.99 0.57 to 1.73 0.9

 MetS, n (%)     98 (32.6)     54 (%) 10−3 2.10 1.32 to 3.34 0.002 2.18 1.26 to 3.96 0.005

Radiographic hand OA definition was presence of ≥1 affected joint with a Kellgren–Lawrence score ≥2. Hypertension was defined as systolic pressure ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic pressure ≥90 mm Hg. Diabetes was defined as glycaemia >7 mmol/L.

BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HOA−, hand OA absence; HOA+, hand OA presence; HOMA-IR score, Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance; METAFIB, Metabolic Syndrome and Fibrosis; MetS, metabolic syndrome; OA, osteoarthritis.