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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Cardiol. 2017 May 1;2(5):536–546. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.0264

Table 5.

Time-Updated HIV-1 RNA Viral Load, CD4 Cell Count, and the Risk of Heart Failure (HF) Type Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)–Infected Veteransa

Variable Total HF HFpEF≥50% Borderline HFpEF 40%-49% HFrEF EF Missing
CD4 cells/mm3
 ≥500 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 200–499 1.26 (1.07–1.49) 1.28 (0.97–1.72) 0.67 (0.17–2.63) 1.23 (0.95–1.60) 1.98 (1.22–3.20)
 <200 2.09 (1.71–2.55) 1.87 (1.28–2.73) 2.10 (1.30–3.39) 1.87 (1.36–2.57) 3.37 (1.95–5.84)
HIV-1 RNA viral load copies/mL
 <500 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 ≥500 1.31 (1.12–1.53) 1.07 (0.80–1.43) 1.26 (0.84–1.89) 1.63 (1.28–2.08) 1.18 (0.79–1.75)

Abbreviations: EF, ejection fraction; HFpEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

a

Models are simultaneously adjusted for HIV-1 RNA viral load, CD4 cell count, age, race/ethnicity, hypertension, lipid levels, low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels, smoking status, hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor use, hepatitis C virus infection, renal disease, body mass index, substance use, atrial fibrillation, major depression, and baseline antiretroviral therapy regimen.