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. 2018 Oct 24;5(11):ofy272. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy272

Table 3.

PC Extracted by the PCA in All POPPY PLWH (A, n = 1073), Older POPPY PLWH Only (B, n = 699), and AGEhIV PLWH (C, n = 598) Groups

PC (% of Variance Explained) Meaning Comorbidities With Correlation >0.4 (Correlation With the PC)
A, All POPPY PLWH (n = 1073)
1 (6.2) CVDs Angina (0.66), CABG (0.66), MI (0.64), heart failure (0.59), hypertension (0.54), PVD (0.53), renal problem (0.42)
2 (4.9) STDs Gonorrhea (0.77), syphilis (0.67), LGV (0.66), chlamydia (0.64), hepatitis C (0.40)
3 (3.9) Mental health Depression (0.79), anxiety (0.58), panic attacks (0.50)
4 (3.5) Cancers Hematological cancer (0.75), skin cancer (0.64), solid organ cancer (0.49)
5 (3.1) Metabolic Dyslipidemia (0.71), lipodystrophy/lipoatrophy (0.57), hypertension (0.44)
6 (2.8) Chest and other infections CMV (0.49), pneumonia (0.49), dizziness/vertigo (0.44), asthma/bronchitis/COPD (0.42), chest infection (0.41)
B, Older POPPY PLWH (n = 699)
1 (5.7) CVDs Angina (0.67), heart failure (0.65), PVD (0.62), CABG (0.58), MI (0.57), hypertension (0.54), renal problems (0.44)
2 (5.0) STDs Gonorrhea (0.74), LGV (0.72), syphilis (0.69), chlamydia (0.63), hepatitis C (0.46)
3 (4.1) Mental health and asthma Depression (0.79), anxiety (0.58), panic attacks (0.50), asthma/bronchitis/COPD (0.45), dizziness/vertigo (0.40)
4 (3.7) Cancers Hematological cancer (0.78), skin cancer (0.64), solid organ cancer (0.54)
5 (3.3) Metabolic Dyslipidemia (0.71), lipodystrophy/lipoatrophy (0.43)
6 (3.0) Other Hypothyroidism (0.46), other AIDS events (0.46)
C, AGEhIV PLWH (n = 598)
1 (9.7) CVDs Dyslipidemia (0.73), Hypertension (0.64), PVD (0.60), angina pectoris (0.54),
MI (0.51)
2 (6.2) Chest/liver Asthma/bronchitis/COPD (0.59), liver problems (0.55), hepatitis B (0.47), dizziness/vertigo (0.43)
3 (4.9) HIV/AIDS events Peripheral neuropathy (0.63), candidiasis (0.62), lipodystrophy (0.53), other AIDS event (0.48)
4 (4.9) Mental health & neurological problems Eye problem (0.64), depression (0.63), urinary incontinence (0.50), loss of consciousness (0.48), sleeping problems (0.42), dizziness/vertigo (0.40)
5 (4.4) STDs Chlamydia (0.70), gonorrhea (0.67), syphilis (0.62)
6 (4.3) General health Heart failure (0.88), hyperparathyroidism (0.54), vitamin D deficiency (0.48), anemia (0.45)

For each principal component, comorbidities with a high correlation (>0.4) are reported.

Abbreviations: CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CMV, cytomegalovirus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum; MI, myocardial infarction; PC, principal component; PLWH, people living with HIV; PCA, principal component analysis; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; STD, sexually transmitted disease.