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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2021 Aug 1;35(10):1615–1623. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002923

Table 2:

Comparison of lipid class composition and concentrations between groups

Lipid composition (mol %) Lipid concentrations (μm)

Lipid Species PHIV HIV− p PHIV HIV− p

CE 39.85 [37.58, 42.35] 38.98 [36.69, 41.25] 0.445 4164.77 [3638.64, 5068.11] 3568.43 [3167.47, 4187.79] 0.043
CER 0.07 [0.05, 0.07] 0.06 [0.06, 0.07] 0.355 6.90 [5.61, 8.24] 5.97 [5.13, 6.40] 0.072
DAG 0.47 [0.36, 0.57] 0.48 [0.41, 0.63] 0.495 47.61 [35.82, 70.22] 45.35 [32.42, 58.69] 0.478
DCER 0.00 [0.00, 0.00] 0.00 [0.00, 0.00] 0.494 0.21 [0.19, 0.27] 0.21 [0.19, 0.30] 0.878
FFA 12.03 [8.93, 13.99] 12.19 [8.47, 14.03] 0.904 1318.37 [1048.96, 1416.64] 1094.17 [849.45, 1311.29] 0.081
HCER 0.04 [0.03, 0.04] 0.04 [0.04, 0.05] 0.133 3.82 [3.58, 4.45] 3.82 [3.11, 4.44] 0.718
LCER 0.04 [0.03, 0.05] 0.04 [0.03, 0.04] 0.351 4.16 [3.51, 4.83] 3.13 [2.82, 3.94] 0.002
LPC 3.38 [3.01, 3.73] 3.50 [3.23, 3.92] 0.383 361.68 [294.34, 416.20] 328.37 [269.74, 428.86] 0.478
LPE 0.03 [0.02, 0.03] 0.03 [0.02, 0.03] 0.882 2.92 [2.27, 3.43] 2.41 [2.21, 3.23] 0.314
PC 24.21 [22.23, 25.43] 22.56 [21.21, 25.44] 0.369 2555.17 [2239.23, 2785.93] 2166.49 [1972.78, 2335.45] 0.014
PE 1.24 [1.20, 1.38] 1.20 [1.14, 1.38] 0.341 140.64 [109.05, 155.89] 113.52 [99.76, 136.76] 0.072
SM 6.20 [5.90, 6.41] 6.03 [5.90, 6.63] 0.989 654.83 [578.43, 724.36] 591.81 [517.41, 641.29] 0.017
TAG 13.54 [10.76, 15.76] 15.14 [12.21, 18.49] 0.327 1326.86 [975.65, 2094.81] 1342.40 [1010.93, 1851.17] 0.862

cholesterol ester (CE), ceramide (CER), diacylglycerol (DAG), DCER, fatty acid (FFA), hexosylceramide (HCER), lactosylceramide (LCER), lysophysophatidylcholine (LPC), lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE), phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), sphingomyelin (SM), triacylglycerol (TAG)

Bolded values represent p≤0.05