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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Aug 15;75(5):500–508. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001444

Table 3.

Association between obesity/HIV (sub-classified by HIV-1 RNA status) comorbidity and elevated biomarkers of inflammation, monocyte activation and altered coagulation. Differences significant at p<0.05 are in bold.

Logistic regression model Obesity/HIV status HIV-1 RNA (copies/mL) Elevated biomarker (i.e highest quartile)
Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
IL-6 sCD14 D-dimer
OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Unadjusted Non-obese, uninfected -- 1 (ref) <0.01 1 (ref) <0.01 1 (ref) <0.01
Obese, uninfected -- 1.54 (1.11-2.13) 0.92 (0.66-1.27) 1.48 (1.09-2.03)
Non-obese, HIV+ <500 1.06 (0.79-1.42) 1.07 (0.81-1.40) 0.74 (0.56-0.99)
≥500 1.92 (1.40-2.63) 1.33 (0.98-1.81) 1.80 (1.33-2.43)
Obese, HIV+ <500 1.67 (1.10-2.53) 0.63 (0.40-1.01) 0.75 (0.47-1.19)
≥500 1.46 (0.85-2.51) 0.48 (0.24-0.94) 1.56 (0.93-2.61)
Age, race-ethnicity adjusted Non-obese, uninfected -- 1 (ref) <0.01 1 (ref) <0.01 1 (ref) <0.01
Obese, uninfected -- 1.55 (1.11-2.15) 0.91 (0.65-1.26) 1.54 (1.12-2.12)
Non-obese, HIV+ <500 1.09 (0.81-1.46) 1.07 (0.82-1.41) 0.77 (0.58-1.03)
≥500 2.16 (1.57-2.98) 1.45 (1.07-1.98) 2.06 (1.51-2.81)
Obese, HIV+ <500 1.78 (1.17-2.70) 0.65 (0.41-1.05) 0.81 (0.51-1.29)
≥500 1.65 (0.96-2.86) 0.53 (0.27-1.04) 1.75 (1.04-2.96)
Fully adjusted Non-obese, uninfected -- 1 (ref) <0.01 1 (ref) <0.01 1 (ref) <0.01
Obese, uninfected -- 1.60 (1.13-2.28) 0.77 (0.54-1.09) 1.36 (0.97-1.90)
Non-obese, HIV+ <500 1.05 (0.76-1.44) 0.90 (0.67-1.21) 0.73 (0.53-1.00)
≥500 1.88 (1.33-2.66) 1.17 (0.84-1.64) 1.79 (1.28-2.49)
Obese, HIV+ <500 1.89 (1.21-2.96) 0.48 (0.29-0.80) 0.72 (0.44-1.17)
≥500 1.56 (0.86-2.82) 0.38 (0.19-0.78) 1.32 (0.76-2.31)

Fully adjusted models adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, LDL, HDL, statin use, FIB4, eGFR, alcohol use, smoking, cocaine use, HCV, HTN, CVD, diabetes

Sample size within obesity/HIV/HIV-1 RNA (above or below 500 copies/mL) strata: Non-obese HIV uninfected (438), obese HIV uninfected (385), non-obese HIV+ <500 (819), non-obese HIV+ ≥500 (413), obese HIV+ <500 (161), obese HIV+ ≥500 (83)