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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Antivir Ther. 2017;22(8):669–680. doi: 10.3851/IMP3157

Table 2.

Relationships between Neurocognitive Performance and Variables of Interest for HIV-infected Subjects.

A. Correlations between Neurocognitive Performance and Variables of Interest

Variable Verbal Comprehension Perceptual Reasoning Working Memory Processing Speed Full-Scale IQ

Age R* = 0.21; P = 0.16 R = 0.003; P = 0.99 R = 0.13; P = 0.40 R = −0.004; P = 0.98 R = 0.16; P = 0.31
HIV duration R = −0.39; P = 0.01 R = −0.30; P = 0.05 R = −0.42; P = 0.005 R = −0.26; P = 0.10 R = −0.44; P = 0.003
ART duration R = −0.25; P = 0.11 R = −0.22; P = 0.17 R = −0.37; P = 0.02 R = −0.14; P = 0.37 R = −0.33; P = 0.03
CD4 nadir R = 0.002; P = 0.99 R = −0.03; P = 0.88 R = −0.19; P = 0.24 R = −0.02; P = 0.88 R = −0.03; P = 0.86
% CD4+CD38+HLA-DR+a R = −0.33; P = 0.03 R = −0.03; P = 0.85 R = −0.02; P = 0.89 R = −0.23; P = 0.14 R = −0.21; P = 0.17
% CD8+CD38+HLA-DR+b R = −0.22; P = 0.17 R = 0.22; P = 0.16 R = 0.12; P = 0.45 R = −0.002; P = 0.89 R = −0.04; P = 0.79
% CD14+CD16+c R = −0.04; P = 0.79 R = 0.01; P = 0.96 R = 0.20; P = 0.20 R = 0.20; P = 0.20 R = 0.10; P = 0.66
% CD14dimCD16+d R = 0.05; P = 0.76 R = −0.004; P = 0.98 R = −0.05; P = 0.77 R = −0.01; P = 0.97 R = −0.01; P = 0.96
sCD14, ng/mLe R = −0.37; P = 0.01 R = −0.14; P = 0.36 R = −0.16; P = 0.28 R = −0.15; P = 0.32 R = −0.30; P = 0.04
sCD16, ng/mLe R= −0.25; P = 0.11 R = 0.04; P = 0.80 R = −0.15; P = 0.34 R = −0.28; P = 0.85 R = −0.15; P = 0.32

B. Differences in Neurocognitive Performance in Sub-groups Based on Dichotomous Variables

Variable Verbal Comprehension Perceptual Reasoning Working Memory Processing Speed Full-Scale IQ

Median (Q1, Q3) P Median (Q1, Q3) P Median (Q1, Q3) P Median (Q1, Q3) P Median (Q1, Q3) P

Male 92 (81, 100) 0.006 91 (84, 104) 0.004 89 (77, 105) 0.28 102 (96, 127) 0.91 89 (84, 98) 0.02





Female 81 (72, 89) 79 (75, 90) 89 (74, 97) 100 (81, 102) 84 (72, 88)

Black race 89 (80, 96) 0.63 87 (78, 101) 0.25 89 (77, 99) 0.50 94 (84, 102) 0.03 87 (77, 94) 0.52





Non-black race 77 (74, 96) 94 (92, 94) 97 (89, 102) 105 (100, 106) 86 (85, 99)

Perinatal transmission 81 (74, 95) 0.02 86 (75, 98) 0.24 86 (74, 97) 0.02 94 (89, 100) 0.23 85 (75, 89) 0.02





Horizontal transmission 91 (81, 102) 90 (82, 104) 96 (86, 105) 99 (84, 105) 94 (84, 102)

Prior AIDS diagnosis 82 (74, 96) 0.50 88 (75, 94) 0.45 87 (86, 105) 0.34 100 (89, 102) 0.89 86 (75, 98) 0.49





No prior AIDS diagnosis 89 (80, 96) 88 (82, 104) 89 (77, 99) 97 (84, 102) 88 (77, 95)

Marijuana use 94 (81, 104) 0.21 90 (86, 106) 0.21 102 (89, 105) 0.04 107 (100, 119) 0.01 97 (88, 108) 0.04





No marijuana use 83 (76, 95) 86 (77, 98) 89 (77, 97) 94 (84, 100) 86 (77, 92)
*

Spearman correlation coefficient;

a

% of CD4+ T-cells expressing CD38 and HLA-DR;

b

% of CD8+ T-cells expressing CD38 and HLA-DR;

c

% of monocytes expressing CD14+CD16+;

d

% of monocytes expressing CD14dimCD16+;

e

Plasma concentration of sCD14 and sCD16, respectively.

Bold-faced numbers indicate P values <0.05. HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IQ, intelligence quotient; ART, antiretroviral therapy; sCD14, soluble CD14