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. 2018 May-Jun;29(3):155–161. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2018-003

Table 2. Association between VCAM-1, ICAM-1, E-selectin levels and HIV-status in multivariate models (among HIV-infected participants only).

Log VCAM-1 (ng/ml) ICAM-1 (ng/ml) #E-selectin (ng/ml)
CVD risk factor Estimate (95% CI) p-value Estimate (95% CI) p-value Estimate (95% CI) p-value
HIV status (ref = controls) 0.14 (0.04, 0.25) 0.01 55.17 (5.87, 104.46) 0.03 1.19 (–6.15, 8.52) 0.75
Age (per 5-year increase) 0.08 (0.03, 0.13) < 0.01 9.03 (–14.62, 32.68) 0.45 –1.59 (–5.07, 1.89) 0.37
Gender (ref = female) –0.18 (–0.30, –0.06) < 0.01 –18.62 (–72.85, 35.61) 0.50 2.49 (–5.72, 10.70) 0.55
Body mass indexa (kg/m2) –0.02 (–0.03, –0.01) < 0.01 1.81 (–3.52, 7.14) 0.50 0.22 (–0.58, 1.01) 0.59
Mean arterial pressureb 0.002 (–0.002, 0.006) 0.44 –0.08 (–1.99, 1.83) 0.93 0.20 (–0.09, 0.49) 0.17
Cholesterol (mmol/dl) –0.001 (–0.003, 0) 0.01 –0.15 (–0.68, 0.38) 0.58 0.01 (–0.08, 0.10) 0.82
Glycosylated haemoglobin (%) 0.01 (–0.06, 0.09) 0.75 20.30 (–14.29, 54.88) 0.25 6.16 (1.43, 10.10) 0.01
Previous smoker (not current) vs never –0.001 (–0.123, 0.121) 0.99 25.02 (–33.28, 83.33) 0.40 4.31 (–4.2, 12.93) 0.33
Current smoker vs never 0.07 (–0.10, 0.23) 0.45 123.93 (44.47, 203.40) < 0.01 10.72 (–0.47, 21.90) 0.06
Statin use (ref = on statin) –0.21 (–0.47, 0.05) 0.12 5.25 (–119.28, 129.78) 0.93 –5.85 (–26.56, 14.85) 0.58

VCAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule; ICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule.

#Significant interaction not reported because of high rates of missing data.

aBody mass index calculated as body weight (kg) divided by height2 (m).

b Mean arterial pressure calculated as one-third systolic blood pressure (mmHg) plus two-thirds diastolic pressure (mmHg).